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Rosemary Bolger and Catherine Scott for Compass

Dance project gives young people in youth detention a chance to tell their stories

The dance reflects young people's experience of going to court. (Supplied: Alice Boshell, Phunktional Arts)

Most of the time young people in custody must follow orders — from correctional officers setting their daily routine, to lawyers and magistrates deciding their fate.

In an environment where they have such little control over their lives, a dance workshop is giving a group of girls at Reiby Youth Justice Centre in south-western Sydney a chance to call the shots.

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