South Australia Youth Justice
SA has 20x Indigenous overrepresentation with 80 children detained daily. $560M in 10-year ROGS spending at $2,890/day per child in detention.
SA data is connected and cached for speed
These state numbers are generated from the youth-justice source chain and cached so the report opens quickly while deeper tables keep being expanded.
- Program, service-provider, and organisation tables are loaded from the live-derived report snapshot.
- ROGS expenditure is read from the indexed ROGS 2026 source file.
- Outcome metrics are using the April 2026 report snapshot for instant rendering.
- Evidence coverage is using April 2026 ALMA snapshot counts.
Key Outcomes
AIHW Youth Justice 2023-24 & ROGS 2026 data.
Detention rate per 10,000 young people
| Metric | QLD | NSW | VIC | WA | NT | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detention rate (per 10K) | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Avg daily detention | 317 | 200 | 120 | 145 | 62 | 950 |
| Indigenous overrepresentation | 26x | 22x | 14x | 24x | 5x | 17x |
| % unsentenced (remand) | 86% | 72% | 65% | 78% | 80% | 75% |
| Cost per day (detention) | $2,162 | $3,200 | $7,123 | $2,573 | $4,800 | $3,635 |
Where the Money Goes (ROGS)
Productivity Commission ROGS 2026 — 10-year expenditure breakdown.
Funding by Program
Youth Justice Community Engagement Program1 grants$48K1 orgs
| →Sammy D Foundation | 1 | $48K |
Aboriginal Visitors Scheme (AVS) Child and Young People Justice1 grants$20K1 orgs
| →Aboriginal Legal Rights MovementACCO | 1 | $20K |
A new approach to youth engagement & empowerment for young people with a hearing impairment1 grants$17K1 orgs
| →Cora Barclay Centre | 1 | $17K |
Equipping Adventure Services to support at risk and/or disadvantaged young people1 grants$14K1 orgs
Increasing capacity to support young people, volunteers and outreach work1 grants$14K1 orgs
ExploreAbility Camps for Young People1 grants$5K1 orgs
Project Resources for Young People in Residential Rehabilitation1 grants$4K1 orgs
Books for children & young people to connect with Carers1 grants$2K1 orgs
The Pro Health Community Foundation — $2,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation1 grants$2K1 orgs
Indigenous resources to entertain and provide cultural connection for at-risk Aboriginal children and young people1 grants$2K1 orgs
Top Funded Organisations
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sammy D Foundation | 1 | $48K |
| Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement | 1 | $20K |
| Cora Barclay Centre | 1 | $17K |
| Baptist Care (SA) Incorporated | 2 | $16K |
| Whitelion Youth Agency Ltd | 1 | $14K |
| disAbility Living Inc | 1 | $5K |
| Catholic Family Services | 1 | $4K |
| Connecting Foster Carers - SA Inc | 1 | $2K |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | 1 | $2K |
ALMA Interventions (31)
Indexed, not loaded into this state report snapshot yet
The live ALMA index has 31 SA youth-justice interventions for this state view. The next cache job needs to hydrate the intervention cards and source links so this section becomes browsable without slowing the page.
Evidence Coverage
Political Connections
No political connection data available for SA youth justice organisations.
Interactive force-directed graph showing programs, recipients, and evidence links