Returned with a sentence of detention

Young people released from sentenced detention were more likely to return with a detention sentence within 12 months than young people released from sentenced community-based supervision (Figure 2.15).

Of the 260 young people released from a sentence of detention who were returned within 12 months, almost three-quarters (72%) received another detention sentence. Males were more likely than females to receive another detention sentence (74% compared with 54%) (Table S14).

Almost 3 in 10 (27%) of the 1,082 young people released from sentenced community‑based supervision, returned to a sentence of detention within 12 months. Males were 2.1 times as likely as females to receive another supervised sentence of detention within 12 months (31% compared with 15%).

Of the 202 First Nations young people released from a sentence of detention who were returned within 12 months, 3 in 4 (75%) received another detention sentence. Of the 725 First Nations young people released from sentenced community-based supervision who returned within 12 months, about 3 in 10 (29%) returned with a sentence of detention.

Figure 2.15: First Nations young people released from sentenced supervision in 2022–23 who returned with a detention sentence within 12 months, by sex, and type of supervision release

This bar chart shows that young First Nations males were more likely to return with a detention sentence within 12 months.

Notes:

  1. Data relate to young people aged 10–16 at the time of release, to allow a 12-month follow-up period.
  2. The return rate for young females released from sentenced detention should be interpreted with caution, due to a small denominator.
  3. Northern Territory data was not available for young people released from sentenced supervision in 2022–23.

Source: Supplementary table S14 | Data source overview

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