Rising number of Canberra's young people in justice system

By Daniel Burdon
Updated January 23 2019 - 7:54am, first published January 22 2019 - 10:00pm

The number of children in detention or on community detention orders spiked significantly last fiscal year, with 99 children in such situations - about 40 per cent higher than 2016-17 and the highest in the past five years.

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