Latest findings
On an average day in 2020–21, 4,695 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision
Individual periods of supervision that were completed during 2020–21 lasted for a median of 124 days (about 4 months)
72% of young people in detention were unsentenced—that is, awaiting the outcome of their legal matter or sentencing
The detention rate for young people aged 10–17 was down slightly over the 4-year period from 3.5 to 2.7 per 10,000
On an average night in the June quarter 2021, 91% of young people in detention were male
Half (50%) of all young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021 were Indigenous