Tier 1ACTTriangulated · 3
$1514k
per young person per year in detention
← Centre of Excellence
Australian Capital Territory
Youth justice landscape · ACT
What the data shows about young people, detention, community, and money in Australian Capital Territory. Every claim is sourced. Triangulation badges mark which claims are backed by three or more independent sources.
Cost asymmetry
Tier 2ACTCorroborated · 2
$98k
per young person per year in community supervision
Tier 2ACTTriangulated · 3
15.4×
derived live: $1,514,327 ÷ $98,451
Detention scale
Tier 1ACTTriangulated · 3
19 young people detained on the average day in ACT (2024-25)
Tier 2ACTTriangulated · 3
40 youth detention beds in ACT
Youth detention bed capacity (ACT) →
live registerTier 2ACTCorroborated · 2
46%
return to supervision within 12 months
Frontline organisations
0 confirmed Tier 1 · 0 Indigenous-led
Tier 1ACTCorroborated · 2
2
Snapshot says 2, live register shows 0. The live number is below.
Tier 1 primary frontline YJ orgs (ACT) →
live registerNo confirmed Tier 1 organisations in our register yet. Add one.
Foundation flows into Australian Capital Territory
All foundation grants
$75.4M
across 73 grants
YJ-relevant share (classified so far)
$0.03M
1 grants · 0.0% of total
Top funder
SNOW MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED
$66.00M total
Top 5 funders by dollars into Australian Capital Territory
- 1.SNOW MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED$66.00M
- 2.The Myer Foundation$5.78M
- 3.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$1.87M
- 4.The Snow Foundation$1.59M
- 5.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$0.13M
ACT oversight findings
- ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
promoting consistent protections for the rights of C&YP
Source report - ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
introducing reforms to improve whole-of-system preventative and early intervention responses for C&YP at risk of engagement with the youth justice system
Source report - ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
raising the standards of care within state and territory youth justice facilities.
Source report - ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
take immediate steps to enact federal legislation that promotes, protects and upholds Australia’s international obligations to child rights, through a 10-year national youth justice strategy including: national minimum youth justice standards
Source report - ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
take immediate steps to enact federal legislation that promotes, protects and upholds Australia’s international obligations to child rights, through a 10-year national youth justice strategy including: fully funded implementation of the OPCAT.
Source report - ACT·ACT Human Rights Commission (incorporating Public Advocate & CYP Commissioner)·2025-01-01
Specifically, we urged delay to any introduction of EM as a bail condition for family violence offenders and strongly recommended that if introduced, EM’s application as a condition of bail for family violence offences be delayed to a later stage, given the complexity and risk profiles of the offenders involved.
Source report
National oversight findings (federal scope)
- National·Productivity Commission·2026-01-31
Address widening gap in Year 9 NAPLAN results between metropolitan and remote students
- National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25
Implement needs-based university funding to replace demand-driven system
- National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25
Set a target of 80% of the working-age population to hold a post-school qualification by 2050
- National·Australian Human Rights Commission·2023-11-20
That all Australian governments end the use of solitary confinement, isolation, and segregation of children in youth detention, consistent with the Mandela Rules and Havana Rules
Source report