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Jailing children fails on every measure. So why do we persist?

Youth detention spending has more than doubled in a decade, while 84% of released children return to supervision within 12 months, economists say.

It costs $1.3m a year to keep a child in prison. And it doesn’t work.

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Jailing children fails on every measure. So why do we persist?

It costs $1.3m a year to keep a child in prison. And it doesn’t work.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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