2015-16

OUTPUTS AND PERFORMANCE
Cost per detainee per day
2013-14
($)
2014-15
($)
2015-16
($)
Cost per Detainee per Day – NTDCS 656.09 933.86 1,345.62 1
Cost per Detainee per Day - ROGS 624.56 976.21 N/A 2
Notes:
1
Methodology was changed to due to relocation of Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.
2
Data for ROGS 2017 (relating to the 2015-16 period) will be published in January 2017.
Cost per detainee per day jurisdictional comparative
Cost per day, per young person subject to detention-based supervision on an average day,
2014-15 a,b,c,d,e
a
The number of young people under detention-based supervision on an average day is calculated by summing the number of days each
young person spends under supervision during the year (irrespective of age) and dividing this total by the number of days in the financial
year. To derive the average daily cost per young person under detention-based supervision on an average day, total recurrent expenditure
on detention-based supervision is divided by 365.25. This figure is then divided by the average daily number subject to detention-based
supervision.
b
Data reported for this indicator are not comparable and need to be interpreted with caution.
c
Unit costs presented in the report are not necessarily comparable to local unit costs reported in jurisdiction-specific annual reports due to
different methods of calculation.
d
Time series financial data are adjusted to 2014-15 dollars using the General Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GGFCE) chain
price deflator (2014-15=100). See Chapter 2 (sections 2.5-6) for details and table 16A.28.
e
The Blueprint for Youth Justice in the ACT 2012-22 has introduced a number of initiatives to reduce youth involvement in the justice
system, decreasing the number in the ACT’s single detention centre.
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