Almost three in five (56%) young people released from a supervised community-based sentence that lasted less than 3 months received another supervised sentence within 12 months. For young people released from a community-based supervised sentence:
- the lowest return rate was for release from a sentence of 6–9 months (53%)
- the highest return rate was for release from a sentence of 9 months or more (59%).
For sentenced detention, young people released from shorter sentences of less than 3 months were more likely to receive another supervised sentence within 12 months compared with young people released from sentences longer than 3 months (Figure 2.14).
The rate of return from a sentence of detention was highest for young people with a sentence of 3 months or less (74% for those who returned within 6 months and 86% for those who returned within 12 months) or a sentence of 3–6 months (70% for those who returned within 6 months and 85% for those who returned within 12 months). Young people released from a sentence lasting 9 months or more were the least likely to return within 6 months of release (52%) and within 12 months (76%).
