QLD · Locale v1

Mount Isa

North-west Queensland mining town. Pita Pita, Kalkadoon, and Indjalandji-Dhidhanu country. Site of community-led mentoring and on-Country camps run by Indigenous founders.

Confirmed Tier 1 here

2 confirmed Tier 1 frontline youth justice organisations in Mount Isa. 2 are Indigenous-led.

Youth Empowering Strength (YES)Mount Isa
Indigenous-led
BG FitMount Isa
Indigenous-led

The state context

Mount Isa sits inside QLD's youth justice system. Here's what that system costs and what it produces, pulled live from the Productivity Commission Report on Government Services.

Tier 2QLD

In QLD, detaining a young person costs 5.5× more per day than community supervision ($2714 vs $493, 2024-25)

Detention cost relative to community supervision cost (QLD) →

2024-25

Tier 2QLD

71.5%

Returns to youth justice supervision within 12 months (QLD) →

2022-23

Tier 1QLD

$990,588 per young person per year in QLD detention (2024-25)

Annual detention cost per young person (QLD) →

2024-25

Tier 2QLD

$180,007 per young person per year for community-based supervision in QLD (2024-25)

Annual community supervision cost per young person (QLD) →

2024-25

Tier 1QLD

92 Tier 1 frontline YJ organisations in QLD

Tier 1 primary frontline YJ orgs (QLD) →

live register

Tier 1QLD

46%

Indigenous-controlled share of QLD Tier 1 →

live register

Sources

Tier 1 organisations: confirmed against the Tier 1 frontline YJ definition via the curation flow at /admin/civic/tier-1-curation.
State-level cost + recidivism: ROGS 2024-25 (detention 17A.20, community 17A.21, returns 17A.26).
Methodology: /intelligence/civic/methodology