Tasmania has the lowest rate of youth detention in country, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

By Matt Maloney
Updated May 10 2019 - 2:24pm, first published 7:30am
Ashley Youth Detention Centre
Ashley Youth Detention Centre

There were 58 Tasmanian young people kept at Ashley Youth Detention Centre last financial year at an average of 12 detainees per day.

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