What is a detention Centre for youth?
Definition: A place administered and operated by a department responsible for juvenile justice, where young people under the age of 18 years are detained while under the supervision of the department on a pre-sentence or sentenced detention episode.
When did the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre open?
| Australian Prisons | |
|---|---|
| Sir David Longland Correctional Centre | |
| Opened: | 1988 |
| Closed: | |
| Managed by: | Queensland Corrective Services |
How much does youth detention cost in Australia?
The cost of detaining a young person was $227,760 per annum. 3.6 In South Australia, annual operating expenses for the Department of Correctional Services were $226.5 million of which 61 per cent were employee expenses.
Are there juvenile prisons in Australia?
There were 819 young people in youth detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021. The vast majority (91%) were male. Most detainees (83%) were aged 10–17, a rate of 2.7 per 10,000 young people in this age group. The other detainees were aged 18 or over.
How many Aboriginal children are in custody?
In June 2021 the average daily number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in custody was 79. A steady decline was observed reaching 74 in December 2021. Since December, numbers have begun to increase to an average of 105 young people in custody in May 2022.
How many youth detention Centres are there in Australia?
17 youth detention facilities
There are 17 youth detention facilities in Australia. This includes seven in New South Wales, two each in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria and one each in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT.
How many youth detention Centres are in Australia?
Why are Indigenous imprisonment rates rising?
The evidence suggests that most of the increase is due to increased severity by the criminal justice system in its treatment of Indigenous offenders. One quarter of the increase has come from remandees and three quarters from sentenced prisoners.
What is life like in detention Centres?
The detainees are obliged to live in groups and to stick to a strict timetable from wake up time till bed time, and when they move from one place to another (dormitories, refectory, living room and courtyard) they are always accompanied by guards. The access to dormitories is forbidden during the day.