00:00The fresh figures reveal 234 young people are currently in custody across the state.
00:09That represents a 34% increase over the last two years to June of 2025.
00:17Now, the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research say there are a wealth of factors that contribute to this rise.
00:24One of the largest is a more than 200% increase in the number of break-and-enter offences being committed by young people.
00:33And Boxar have gone as far as saying almost one in four young people currently in custody across New South Wales are in custody for a break-and-enter offence.
00:4470% of those currently in custody across the state are on remand, which effectively means they are waiting for their next court date.
00:54That itself is a 28% increase since June of 2023.
01:00These new statistics come less than six months after the New South Wales Government made broad changes to the Bail Act, particularly Section 22C.
01:11That law restricts bail for young people aged between 14 and 18 if they're charged with a certain car theft or serious break-and-enter offence while already on bail for the same type of offence.
01:24Concerningly, young Aboriginal people are disproportionately over-represented in these figures, making up 60% of the current population of young people in custody across New South Wales,
01:36despite only making up 8% of the state's broader youth population.
01:41Those figures will be serious concern for New South Wales as the state aims to reach one of its Closing the Gap targets of reducing the number of young Aboriginal people currently in custody.
01:54The Falling Portals is the 2.1 and 3.1.
01:58The State is a risk of reducing the number of young people in custody.
02:06The State is a risk of reducing the number of young people in custody for different populations.
02:11The State is a risk of reducing the number of young people in custody in custody.
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