The six students from St Thomas of Canterbury College have produced a 40 page report based on data they obtained from Government agencies through the Official Information Act.

The group found that youth justice facilities had:

• High reconviction rates
• More than half of the young people apprehended for imprisonable offences were Maori
• 69 percent of under 20s who are incarcerated are reconvicted
• 45 percent end up back in prison

The project leader, 18-year-old Lincoln Harrison, said the group aimed to shed light on the issue of youth in custody.

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• Edmund Rice Justice
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