Table of contents

  • 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
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols
  • References
  • Related publications