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CONTAINED

One shipping container. Three rooms. Thirty minutes. Touring Australia. We are building it as we go because the people who need to see it cannot wait for perfect.

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Where We Need Support

Mount Druitt ●Adelaide  · May 2026Perth  · May 2026

The Evidence

Australia spends $4,250 per child per day on detention. Community programs that actually work cost $75 a day. These are the facts.

First Nations65%

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make up 65% of those in detention. They are 6% of the population.

Detained Nightly860

Children are locked up on any given night across Australia. Many are on remand. Not yet convicted of any crime.

Cost Per Day$4,250

Taxpayers spend $1.55M per child per year on detention. Community programs cost $75 a day and work better.

Recidivism Rate84%

Of children who go through detention will return. The system does not rehabilitate. It entrenches.

The CONTAINED installation — two rooms side by side

Inside the Container

Three Rooms

Thirty minutes. Three rooms. Each one tells a different part of the story.

10 minutes locked inside

Room 1: Current Reality

At every tour stop, young people from the local community design this room. They are the experts. They know what detention feels like. They decide what the public needs to see.

$4,250
Daily Cost
$1.55M
Annual Cost

Room 1: Current Reality

The container exterior

10 minutes of possibility

Room 2: What Works

We visited Diagrama's youth justice centres in Spain. Kids get education, therapy, and connection instead of concrete walls. 1:1 staffing, family visits every week, and a recidivism rate of just 13.6%. This room recreates what we saw there.

13.6%
Recidivism
1:1
Staff Ratio

Inside the container

Room 2: What works

10 minutes to see what works

Room 3: The Organisations Already Doing It

This container celebrates the grassroots organisations and the people doing the work. Indigenous-led and community orgs that aren't being valued, reported on, or funded the way they should be. At each tour stop, the local host organisation fills this space with their story.

$75/day
Community Programs
3%
Reoffending

Room 3: What could be

The installation

Room 1: Current Reality

The CONTAINED experience

Inside the container

Room 2: What works

Room 3: What could be

The installation

The container

Two realities, side by side

The Proof

Programs That Work

These are not proposals. These are real programs, with real data, delivering real outcomes. The alternatives already exist.

Northern Territory

Oonchiumpa

95%

Aboriginal-led diversion program achieving a 95% diversion rate. Culturally grounded and significantly more cost-effective.

International

Diagrama

13.6%

Spain's model achieves just 13.6% recidivism. Therapeutic, education-centred, and focused on reintegration.

What if we spent $1.55M on keeping a kid connected to family, culture, and community?

The Tour

We have not locked the money to make this happen. Each stop needs local partners, venues, and funding. We need help. We cannot do this on our own.

Seeking Support

Mount Druitt

Mounty Yarns · April 2026

“Young people telling their own stories is the most powerful advocacy there is.”

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Confirmed

Adelaide

Adelaide Convention Centre · May 2026

“The conference that could change the national conversation on youth justice.”

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Seeking Support

Perth

University of Western Australia · May 2026

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Seeking Support

Tennant Creek

Community Space · June 2026

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Each tour stop costs $30K to stage. Your contribution gets the container to a new community.

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