per young person per year in detention
Tasmania
Youth justice landscape · TAS
What the data shows about young people, detention, community, and money in Tasmania. Every claim is sourced. Triangulation badges mark which claims are backed by three or more independent sources.
Cost asymmetry
per young person per year in community supervision
derived live: $1,869,001 ÷ $93,400
Detention scale
Youth detention bed capacity (TAS) →
live registerreturn to supervision within 12 months
Frontline organisations
1 confirmed Tier 1 · 1 Indigenous-led
Tier 1 primary frontline YJ orgs (TAS) →
live registerIndigenous-controlled share
Live from the Tier 1 register
100%
1 of 1 confirmed Tier 1 organisations in Tasmania are Indigenous-controlled.
Foundation flows into Tasmania
All foundation grants
$6.4M
across 133 grants
YJ-relevant share (classified so far)
$0.06M
3 grants · 0.9% of total
Top funder
THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION
$4.90M total
Top 5 funders by dollars into Tasmania
- 1.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$4.90M
- 2.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$1.53M
TAS oversight findings
- TAS·Commissioner for Children & Young People (TAS)·2025-01-01
the Interim Commissioner encouraged the Tasmanian Government, through a submission in response to the draft Commission for Children and Young People Bill 2024, to engage in genuine partnership with Tasmanian Aboriginal people and organisations in considering options for a governance model that positively and deliberately respects and upholds the principle of self-determination.
Source report - TAS·Commissioner for Children & Young People (TAS)·2025-01-01
governments to move from a justice response for children under 14 years to a developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally safe early intervention model that supports children in their families and communities.
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