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Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
1. The rate of recidivism of sentenced young people in custody in the ACT is:
|
(a) 2010-11 |
22% |
|
(b) 2011-12 |
29% |
|
(c) 2012-13 |
33% |
|
(d) 2013-14 |
56% |
|
(e) 2014-15 |
36% |
|
(f) 2015-16 |
50% |
|
(g) 2016-17 |
17% |
Note: The recidivism rate for custody is subject to fluctuations due to the small numbers of young people who receive custodial sentences. Over the time period presented, there was an average of 14 young people per year on a custodial sentence. Small variations in the numbers of young persons reoffending can lead to disproportionate variations in the rate of recidivism.
2. The rate of recidivism of sentenced young people on community-based orders in the ACT is:
|
(a) 2010-11 |
31% |
|
(b) 2011-12 |
32% |
|
(c) 2012-13 |
26% |
|
(d) 2013-14 |
26% |
|
(e) 2014-15 |
30% |
|
(f) 2015-16 |
21% |
|
(g) 2016-17 |
16% |
3. The Government is unable to provide data on the percentage of young people who have served a custodial sentence at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre and gone on to serve a custodial sentence at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC). ACT Corrective Services currently ask detainees upon induction at the AMC about any previous juvenile custody. However, this information is self-identified and there is no distinction between local and interstate juvenile custody or sentenced and remand episodes.
4. The Government has previously considered the viability of reporting on the movement of young people into interstate adult correction systems and has determined that it is not able to do so. Obtaining such data is not viable as it would require ACT Child and Youth Protection Services (CYPS) to track the movements of its former clients which would be resource-intensive and arguably not an appropriate function for CYPS to undertake. There would also be substantial issues in organising and maintaining the cooperation of other adult corrections jurisdictions.
5. As noted above, the data collection tools of ACT Child and Youth Protection Services and ACT Corrective Services do not allow for this information to be identified.
Waste—Fyshwick energy plant
(Question No 454)
Ms Lee asked the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, upon notice, on 4 August 2017:
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