1,000 alternative models. 474 with evidence. 7x cheaper than detention.
Australia locks up children.
The alternative exists.
1,000 community models proving it works better and costs less. $93.1B in funding tracked. 82,960 organisations mapped. This is the transparency engine for youth justice in Australia.
Detention
$1.3M
per young person per year
$3,634.9/day national average. NT: $3,452.25/day.
Community Models
$184K
per young person (average)
Across 824 models with cost data.
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See the evidence. 1000 models, 474 proven. Follow the money. Make decisions based on data, not lobby groups.
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Stories
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Oonchiumpa: What Happens When Community Leads
JusticeHub
There is a version of this story told through numbers. It has its place. But numbers are a translation, and something always gets lost in the translation. This is the fuller version.The cost of a cellAustralia spends somewhere north of $1.3 million e...
The Cure Already Exists
JusticeHub
We spend $1.3 million a year per child to lock them in a room with no window. The recidivism rate is 85 percent. But in communities across Australia, the alternatives are already working. This is what they look like.
Eating the Paperwork: How AI Creates a Renaissance of Community Engagement
JusticeHub
Every small organisation in Australia has been drowning in compliance, reporting, and grant acquittals. What AI now makes possible is the compression of that administrative layer, freeing 50% of capacity back to the relational work that actually changes lives. JusticeHub is the living proof point.
Spain Diagrama Trip Reflection
JusticeHub
A personal reflection on visiting Diagrama youth detention centres in Spain — contrasting their compassionate, rehabilitation-focused approach with Australia's punitive system.
Building Revolution in Shipping Containers: The Story of CONTAINED
JusticeHub
CONTAINED is not another awareness campaign with sad statistics on posters. It's an immersive experience built from shipping containers - transformation chambers that make the invisible visible and the abstract tangible.
Walking Toward Justice: A Personal Journey
JusticeHub
I didn’t set out to build a platform like JusticeHub. I set out to listen.
ALMA Network
This is time for alternative models of Australia to rise up, support our young kids, and build a safer community.
The evidence is clear. The solutions exist. The network is growing. The only question is whether we fund what works — or keep paying for what doesn't.