Juvenile Justice NSW

Juvenile Justice NSW
Agency overview
Formed	27 July 2009
Preceding Agency	Department of Juvenile Justice
Type	Administrative division
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	Level 24, 477 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Minister responsible	The Hon. Troy Grant MP, Minister for Justice and Police
Agency executive	Valda Rusis, Chief Executive
Parent Agency	Department of Justice
Child Agency	Serious Young Offenders Review Panel
Key documents	Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 (NSW) Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 (NSW) Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988 (NSW)
Website	www.juvenile.justice.nsw.gov.au

Juvenile Justice NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government, is an administrative division within the Department of Justice of New South Wales, Australia, responsible for the supervision of young people on community-based orders and custodial orders issued by the courts. The agency is also responsible for the administration of youth justice conferences.

The agency reports to the Minister for Justice and Police, currently the Hon. Troy Grant MP, who is also the Deputy Premier of New South Wales.

Juvenile Justice NSW was formerly known as the Department of Juvenile Justice. On 27 July 2009, the Department was amalgamated into the then NSW Department of Human Services. It was then moved to the NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice on 1 April 2011. This Department was subsequently renamed as the Department of Justice.

The division operates under the terms of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 (NSW), the Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 (NSW), the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW), and the Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988 (NSW).

Responsibilities

In New South Wales, criminal responsibility legally commences at the age of ten. Under criminal law, a child is defined as a person under eighteen years of age.

Juvenile Justice Centres

Throughout New South Wales, there are 34 Juvenile Justice Community Services offices and seven Juvenile Justice Centres, located as follows:

Centre name	Location	Date opened	Purpose	Notes
Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre	Grafton, Mid North Coast	September 1999	Capacity for 45 young people; male detainees only	^[1]
Cobham Juvenile Justice Centre	Werrington, Western Sydney	June 1980	Capacity for 105 young people; the principal remand centre for males aged 15 years and over	^[2]
Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre	Kariong, Central Coast	October 1999	Capacity for 120 young people; accommodates males aged 16 to 21 years, mostly on control orders	^[3]
Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre	Lidcombe, Western Sydney	24 August 2005	Capacity for 44 young people; the only Australian centre for female young offenders	^[4]
Orana Juvenile Justice Centre	Dubbo, Western New South Wales	December 1999	Capacity for 30 young people; accommodates males on remand or control orders	^[5]
Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre	Airds, South-western Sydney	August 1973	Capacity for 60 young people; accommodates males under 16 years on remand or control orders	^[6]
Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre	Wagga Wagga, Riverina	October 1984	Capacity for 45 young people; accommodates low to medium risk males on remand or control orders	^[7]

References

↑ "Acmena Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Cobham Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Orana Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre". Juvenile Justice: About us: Information about centres. Department of Justice. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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Juvenile Justice NSW

Responsibilities

Juvenile Justice Centres

See also

References

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