Detention

On an average day in 2023–24, 20% (827) of young people aged 10 and over who were under youth justice supervision were in detention. Of all young people in detention on an average day aged 10 and over, 4 in 5 were unsentenced (80%) and 1 in 4 young people in detention (25%) were in sentenced detention.

A total of 4,578 young people were in detention at some time during the year (Table S108).