Northern Territory Youth Justice
The NT has the highest detention rate in Australia (17 per 10K) with 62 children detained daily. 80% unsentenced. Despite 5x overrepresentation ratio, the NT's First Nations detention rate (25/10K) is among the highest.
NT data is connected and cached for speed
These state numbers are generated from the youth-justice source chain and cached so the report opens quickly while deeper tables keep being expanded.
- NT has 108 youth-justice funding rows in the live-derived snapshot while detailed program tables are being expanded.
- ROGS expenditure is read from the indexed ROGS 2026 source file.
- Outcome metrics are using the April 2026 report snapshot for instant rendering.
- Evidence coverage is using April 2026 ALMA snapshot counts.
Key Outcomes
AIHW Youth Justice 2023-24 & ROGS 2026 data.
Detention rate per 10,000 young people
| Metric | QLD | NSW | VIC | WA | NT | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detention rate (per 10K) | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Avg daily detention | 317 | 200 | 120 | 145 | 62 | 950 |
| Indigenous overrepresentation | 26x | 22x | 14x | 24x | 5x | 17x |
| % unsentenced (remand) | 86% | 72% | 65% | 78% | 80% | 75% |
| Cost per day (detention) | $2,162 | $3,200 | $7,123 | $2,573 | $4,800 | $3,635 |
Where the Money Goes (ROGS)
Productivity Commission ROGS 2026 — 10-year expenditure breakdown.
ALMA Interventions (79)
Indexed, not loaded into this state report snapshot yet
The live ALMA index has 79 NT youth-justice interventions for this state view. The next cache job needs to hydrate the intervention cards and source links so this section becomes browsable without slowing the page.
Evidence Coverage
Political Connections
No political connection data available for NT youth justice organisations.
Interactive force-directed graph showing programs, recipients, and evidence links