Tier 1VICTriangulated · 3
$2666k
per young person per year in detention
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Youth justice landscape · VIC
What the data shows about young people, detention, community, and money in Victoria. Every claim is sourced. Triangulation badges mark which claims are backed by three or more independent sources.
Cost asymmetry
Tier 2VICCorroborated · 2
$219k
per young person per year in community supervision
Tier 2VICTriangulated · 3
12.2×
derived live: $2,666,128 ÷ $219,212
Detention scale
Tier 1VICTriangulated · 3
129 young people detained on the average day in VIC (2024-25)
Tier 2VICTriangulated · 3
220 youth detention beds in VIC
Youth detention bed capacity (VIC) →
live registerTier 2VICCorroborated · 2
57%
return to supervision within 12 months
Frontline organisations
0 confirmed Tier 1 · 0 Indigenous-led
Tier 1VICCorroborated · 2
12
Snapshot says 12, live register shows 0. The live number is below.
Tier 1 primary frontline YJ orgs (VIC) →
live registerNo confirmed Tier 1 organisations in our register yet. Add one.
Foundation flows into Victoria
YJ-relevance coverage incomplete
Only 2,805 of 5,918 foundation grants (47%) have been classified for youth-justice relevance. The YJ-relevant numbers below are a floor, not a ceiling. The remaining grants are being processed.
All foundation grants
$114.3M
across 1,327 grants
YJ-relevant share (classified so far)
$3.46M
27 grants · 3.0% of total · floor only
Top funder
THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION
$98.75M total
Top 5 funders by dollars into Victoria
- 1.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$98.75M
- 2.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$10.01M
- 3.The Myer Foundation$3.44M
- 4.The Snow Foundation$0.81M
- 5.NORMAN BEISCHER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION$0.67M
VIC oversight findings
- VIC·Commission for Children and Young People·2023-11-15
Reduce average caseloads for child protection practitioners to no more than 15 cases
- VIC·vic-sentencing-advisory-council·2020-06-01
formally identifying rehabilitation as the primary purpose in sentencing children
Source report - VIC·vic-sentencing-advisory-council·2020-06-01
the context and background of the child’s offending
Source report - VIC·vic-sentencing-advisory-council·2020-06-01
the experience of out-of-home care
Source report - VIC·vic-sentencing-advisory-council·2020-06-01
child protection involvement
Source report - VIC·vic-sentencing-advisory-council·2020-06-01
the need to protect the child from harm or the risk of harm
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