Murri Watch's support service for Indigenous children held in Queensland police watch houses will end this year after the state government pulled its funding.

The service helps support children and young First Nations people to ensure their hygiene, food, and medical needs are met while they are detained in watch houses, which are notorious for poor conditions.

The ABC reported on Tuesday that the Murri Watch's statewide youth cultural support program is set to end on June 30, with the LNP state government not renewing their funding contract.

The Magandjin/Brisbane-based organisation raised concerns that loss of the service would pose a significant risk to the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people.

The service provided by the not-for-profit organisation supported 1,233 young people across 16 watch houses across Queensland in the 2024/25 financial year, including in Magandjin/Brisbane, Caboolture, Southport, Mackay, Townsville, and Cairns.

The organisation's general manager, Kristy-Lee Costello, told the ABC its work supported children in the most vulnerable moments.

"Every day our teams are supporting children through crisis, often preventing escalation and keeping them safe," she said.

A review into the Queensland's watch houses revealed adults were detained in them for an average of 118 hours, while children were spending 161 hours locked up in watch houses - with some stays exceeding two weeks in duration, the ABC reports.

The review also noted First Nations people were over-represented in the state's justice system and cited Murri Watch as a key service provider.

A spokesperson for the Queensland youth justice minister Laura Gerber told the ABC the state government was "making Queensland safer, with programs rolling out right across the state, including 22 First Nations-led organisations delivering 28 new services".

Murri Watch, which was established in 1991 just prior to the handing down of the recommendations arising from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, is set to meet with the Queensland government this month to put their case a final time.