High percentage of young offenders released from youth detention in 2013-14 returned to detention or adult custody within 5 years, raising concerns about rehabilitation effectiveness.

AnsweredQoN 3053Legislative Council
Asked
11 August 2020
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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I refer to young people in the youth justice system and I ask, what percentage of sentenced young people released from youth justice detention in 2013-2014, returned to either sentence detention or adult sentenced custody within five years ?

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Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
84.87% of sentenced young people released from youth justice detention between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 had returned to either sentenced detention or sentenced custody as adult within five years (up to 30 June 2019).

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