New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice

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The New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is part of the Government of New South Wales. The department is run by position person and reports to the minister, Tony Kelly. The Director-General is David Sherlock.

Operating under the terms of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987, Young Offenders Act 1997 and Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988, the DJJ provides:

  • facilities for the care of juveniles serving custodial sentences
  • supervision of juvenile offenders in the community
  • youth justice conferences

The DJJ's budget for 2004 was $122 million. According to the department's annual report, for every 1000 children between the ages of 10 and 17 in New South Wales,

  • 9.3 had a criminal matter finalised in the Children’s Court
  • 5.6 were convicted and/or sentenced in these finalised matters
  • 2.86 were given sentences requiring the department to supervise them in their community
  • 0.6 were sentenced to detention

The DJJ cares for 217 boys and 17 girls in nine juvenile justice centres:

  • Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre, South Grafton
  • Cobham Juvenile Justice Centre, St Marys
  • Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre, Kariong
  • Kariong Juvenile Justice Centre
  • Keelong Juvenile Justice Centre, Unanderra
  • Orana Juvenile Justice Centre, Dubbo
  • Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre, Airds
  • Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, Wagga Wagga
  • Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre, Lidcombe

Female detainees are held at Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre. Additional accommodation is available at Broken Hill, in the state's far west.

THe most troubled boys aged 16 and under are held at Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre.

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New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice (2004). Annual Report 2003-2004. Retrieved 22 December, 2005

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