Length of supervision periods
Individual periods of supervision completed during 2023–24 lasted for a median length of 92 days, or about 13 weeks (this includes time under supervision before 1 July 2023 if the period started before that date).
The median duration of completed periods varied substantially between states and territories, ranging from 6 days in New South Wales to 249 days in Queensland (periods include days before 1 July 2023) (Figure 7.2).
Completed periods of community-based supervision were much longer than completed periods of detention, with a median length of 95 days (about 14 weeks) compared with 6 days, respectively (tables S62 and S101).
Again, there were differences among the states and territories. In 2023–24, the median length of completed periods of:
- community-based supervision ranged from 66 days in the Australian Capital Territory to 165 days in Tasmania
- detention ranged from one day in the Australian Capital Territory to 32 days in Queensland (Figure 7.2).
Figure 7.2: Median duration of completed supervision periods, by supervision type and state and territory, 2023–24
An interactive chart shows the median duration of completed supervision periods varied significantly across jurisdictions. Detention periods were shorter than community-based supervision.
Note: Completed supervision periods were not available for the Northern Territory in 2023–24 for all supervision and community-based supervision.
Source: tables S29, S62 and S101.
The median duration of completed individual periods of unsentenced detention during 2023–24 was 6 days (Table S116). This varied among the states and territories, from 1 day in the Australian Capital Territory to 30 days in Queensland.
For completed periods of sentenced detention, the median duration was much longer, at 42 days (Table S122). This varied among the states and territories, from 11 days in the Northern Territory to 103 days in Victoria.
On average, First Nations young people completed longer periods of unsentenced detention than non-Indigenous young people (median of 7 days compared with 4 days) (Table S116). But First Nations young people completed shorter periods of sentenced detention than their non-Indigenous counterparts (median of 37 days compared with 64 days) (Table S122).