Steve Barker claims there is a shortage of development and mentoring services across the region and he blames peer pressure for derailing a number of lives. 

After volunteering at the Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, Mr Barker has created a new business – I am enough –  to transform troubled teenagers. 

“Nobody leaves the womb and decides they want to be a criminal,” he said.

“A lot of these offenders have been brought up in terrible, negative environments and it’s about changing their values and perceptions of life.

“Many of my clients have found themselves in a bad group and that has landed them in detention.

“We need to stop that cycle.”

In a recent incident, Mr Barker assisted a father whose eight-year-old boy was “ruling the house and the streets”.