Youth detention population in Australia 2015

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Release Date: 04 Dec 2015

Topic: Youth justice

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Youth detention population in Australia 2015, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 April 2024.

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This bulletin presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2011 to June 2015. There were fewer than 900 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015, just over half (55%) of whom were unsentenced. Numbers and rates of young people in detention dropped slightly over the 4 years, but trends varied among the states and territories. Just over half (54%) of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous.

ISSN: 1446-9820 (Print) 2205-5010 (PDF)
ISBN: 978-1-74249-868-3
Cat. no: AUS 196
Pages: 24

Findings from this report:

Almost 900 young people were in youth detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015
55% of young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015 were unsentenced
54% of all young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015 were Indigenous
The number and rate of young people in detention on an average night decreased over 4 years to the June quarter 2015

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Summary

Fewer than 900 young people in detention on an average night
Numbers and rates in detention have decreased
Sentenced detention rate has decreased
Just over half of those in detention are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
Trends vary between the states and territories

1. Introduction

Youth detention in Australia
Youth detention data

2. Trends in detention

Numbers
Rates

3. Trends in sentenced and unsentenced detention

Numbers
Rates

4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people

Numbers
Rates

5. State and territory trends

Numbers
Rates
Sentenced and unsentenced detention
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people

Technical notes

Youth detention data sources
Methods and technical notes

End matter: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; References; Related publications