BOOT camps for troubled Queensland youth and juvenile offenders were introduced in August 2013.

Their introduction in Rockhampton followed community concern about out of control behaviour of a small group of juveniles.

The boot camps were also rolled out by the Newman government in Cairns, Townsville and the Fraser/Sunshine Coast, as part of a youth justice overhaul.

The Rockhampton and Fraser/Sunshine Coast camps focused on early intervention while courts sentenced young offenders to the Cairns and Townsville camps to divert them from detention and give them a chance to change their offending pattern.

By the end of October, the Palaszczuk government plans to shut down all of the boot camps following reports of a $16.7million cost blowout and that the boot camps don't break the cycle of repeat offenders.

The Palaszczuk government has allocated $23.6million to youth justice in this budget to bring back court referrals to youth justice conferencing.