As the table indicates, the number of young people admitted to custody on remand has been steadily increasing. Currently, per day, the total remand population is over 50 per cent of the total number of young people in detention.
Young people 4634 admitted to
custody on
remand
(Figures from NSW Auditor-General 2009)
However, only one in five, or 21 per cent of children and young people on remand will go on to receive a custodial penalty at sentencing.49 Therefore, in 2009 there were approximately 3700 children and young people who were placed on remand in a juvenile justice centre that a court judged were not required to serve a custodial