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NT Correctional Services

A Safer Northern Territory through Correctional Interventions: Report of the review of the Northern Territory Department of Correctional Services, 31 July 2016.

Statement of Response  PDF (113.9 KB)

Executive Summary PDF (10.3 MB)

Full Redacted Hamburger Report PDF (2.2 MB)

The Minister for Correctional Services has released the Review of the Northern Territory Youth Detention System January 2015 by Michael Vita, also known as the Vita Report.

The report was commissioned following a series of incidents at the former Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in late 2014.

The report was released during a media tour of the new Don Dale Correctional Centre on 18 February 2015.

Both the minister and Commissioner for Correctional Services have described the report as a roadmap for the future of youth detention in the Territory, with 16 recommendations to be implemented in full.

Read the Vita report PDF (706.0 KB).

Get the following annexed documents to find out more:

NT Youth Justice Review 2011

The previous report was released on 24 October 2011 by former Attorney-General Jodeen Carney.

Read the full review of the NT youth justice system September 2011 PDF (3.1 MB)

You can get specific parts of the review:

Territory Families has responsibility for young people who have been detained in a Youth Justice Centre. Using a trauma informed and strengths based approach Territory Families aims to assist young people in custody through the provision of educations, therapeutic treatment, related services and activities.

Category 1: administrative

These policies relate to legislation, governance and operational philosophy of Youth Justice Centres in the Northern Territory.

Category 2: security

These policies are about maintaining a safe and secure environment within Youth Justice Centres.

Category 3: communications

These policies are about the ways in which young people can make contact with others and receive communication from others and how information integrity is maintained.

Category 4: management of young people

These policies are about the day to day interactions with young people that meet their individual needs.

Category 5: health services

These policies are about the way young people are provided with health care services.