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Mparntwe (Alice Springs)

Central Australia. Arrernte country. Home to long-running on-Country diversion programs and to the Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre.

Confirmed Tier 1 here

4 confirmed Tier 1 frontline youth justice organisations in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). 4 are Indigenous-led.

Urapuntja Health Service Aboriginal CorporationALICE SPRINGS
Indigenous-led
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal CorporationALICE SPRINGS
Indigenous-led
OonchiumpaAlice Springs
Indigenous-led
Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBCALICE SPRINGS
Indigenous-led

The state context

Mparntwe (Alice Springs) sits inside NT'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 1NT

$1,260,071 per young person per year in NT detention (2024-25)

Annual detention cost per young person (NT) →

2024-25

Tier 1NT

9 Tier 1 frontline YJ organisations in NT

Tier 1 primary frontline YJ orgs (NT) →

live register

Tier 1NT

89%

Indigenous-controlled share of NT Tier 1 →

live register

The detention centre that serves this place

Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre

Mparntwe (Alice Springs), NT · medium security · 24 beds

Every young person held here costs the NT government the per-youth annual figure above. Most are children from communities like this one.

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