Many believe the juvenile justice system in New South Wales has been placed in crisis by overcrowding and a budget cut that will see it lose 100 front-line staff. Statistics obtained by ABC1's Four Corners reveal why: since 2007, assaults and incidents of self-harm inside the state's juvenile detention centres have more than doubled and the centres are bursting at the seams. In 2007 there were 187 assaults by detainees on each other. In 2008 this figure jumped to 242. So far this year the number has gone to 258.
It's as bad here in the west and Indigenous youth make up the majority of those in detention. Jail is no substitute for Mental Health services.
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