Have your say!

Consultation is now open

Consultation on the draft Model of Care for the new Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility is open until 17 April 2026.

Key information

  • Consultation is now open on the draft Model of Care for the new Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility.
  • Consultation is open until 17 April 2026 and there are several ways you can have your say.
  • Your feedback will help shape a youth justice system that works for Tasmania.
  • We will publish a ‘what we heard’ report after the consultation ends.

The draft Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility Model of Care (PDF, 4.5MB) sets out how Tasmania’s new youth justice facility will operate. It focuses on:

  • Creating a safe, supportive environment for children and young people in detention
  • Helping them make positive changes, address the root causes of crime and break the cycle of offending.
  • Keeping communities safe and reducing youth crime.

The draft Facility Model of Care is part of our work to shape Tasmania’s future youth justice system and responds to recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings (Commission of Inquiry), particularly recommendations 12.16 and 12.18.

It supports the Youth Justice Blueprint 2024-34 (PDF, 1MB) and the Youth Justice Model of Care, which aim to reduce the involvement of children and young people in the youth justice system through early intervention, prevention and diversion, with detention as a last resort

For the small number of children and young people who require secure accommodation, the draft Facility Model of Care aims to create a therapeutic, trauma-informed and culturally safe environment.

Evidence shows these approaches are most effective for helping children and young people in detention to address their offending and turn their lives around, which keeps our community safer.

This draft Facility Model of Care has been informed by consultation with children and young people, people with lived experience and subject matter experts.

We are now seeking further feedback to help us shape the final Facility Model of Care, which will be released by mid-2026.

The final Facility Model of Care will provide the basis for the development of practices, policies and procedures for the new Facility.  

Draft Facility Model of Care documents

Explore the draft Facility Model of Care and supporting resources.

Watch

Watch the New Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility Consultation on Model of Care video. Peter Whitcombe, Deputy Secretary for Child Safety and Youth Justice provides an overview of the Draft Facility Model of Care.

Read

Consultation

Public consultation is open until 17 April 2026.

How to have your say

There are several ways you can have your say: 

Online Survey

Email

  • Send your feedback to newyjfacility@decyp.tas.gov.au 
  • Using the subject line Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility Model of Care  
  • Your feedback can take the form of a written submission, video or voice recording
  • The questions in the Consultation Draft may be used to guide your feedback

Mail

  • Send your response to the address listed below:

Department for Education, Children and Young People 
Attention: New Youth Justice Facility Project Team 
GPO Box 169 
Hobart TAS 7001 

Confidentiality

Other than indicated below, submissions will be treated as public information and will be published on our website in accordance with the Tasmanian Government’s Policy on the Publication of Submissions.

No personal information other than an individual’s name or the organisation making a submission will be published.  

If you would like your submission treated as confidential, whether in whole or in part, please indicate this in writing at the time of making your submission, clearly identifying the parts of your submission you want to remain confidential and the reasons why. In this case, your submission will not be published to the extent of that request. 

Further information

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  1. Key information
  2. Draft Facility Model of Care documents
  3. Consultation
  4. Further information

Safe children

  1. Need help now?
  2. Report a concern
  3. Guide to Tasmania’s child safety services
  4. Keeping children safe through safeguarding
  5. Youth justice services
    1. About youth justice services in Tasmania
    2. Keeping kids safe in Ashley Youth Detention Centre until its closure
    3. Youth justice reform in Tasmania
      1. Youth Justice Model of Care
      2. Youth Justice Diversionary Services Framework
      3. Tasmanian Aboriginal Youth Justice Strategy
      4. Youth Justice Act Review
      5. New Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility
        1. New Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility FAQs
        2. New Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility Model of Care
  6. Adoptions in Tasmania
  7. Out of Home Care in Tasmania
  8. Housing Options for Children and Young People

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