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This figure shows that there were 818 young people in Australia that were in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2022. Queensland had the highest number of young people in detention on an average night, while Tasmania had the lowest (279 compared with 10 young people). Nearly 4 in 5 (78%) of young people in detention were in unsentenced detention; more than half were Indigenous (56%); and 9 in 10 (91%) were male.
