Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
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Background
The Don Dale Youth Detention Centre (DDYDC) is a facility for youth detention in the Northern Territory, Australia. The centre is located in Berrimah, east of Darwin and houses male and female inmates. The facility is named after Don Dale, a former Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989 and one-time Minister for Correctional Services. The centre is operated by the NT Department of Corrections. On 25 July 2016, the ABC broadcast a Four Corners report that exposed child abuse in the Northern Territory corrections system.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1991
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 21 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed
Opened
1991
Region
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Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Ouyen Community Correction Services
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5292487)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/don-dale-youth-detention-centre
"Don Dale Youth Detention Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/don-dale-youth-detention-centre.
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