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Rudi Maxwell

Indigenous kids over-represented in juvenile detention

The number of Indigenous children aged 10 and older in detention across Australia is increasing. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Indigenous children are 29 times more likely than non-Indigenous kids to be locked up in juvenile detention centres across the nation.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report with data showing that, in the four years from June 2019 to June 2023, more than half (59 per cent) of young people aged 10 to 17 in detention were Indigenous.

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