Targeting prevention and the root causes of offending, shifting the emphasis of the justice system to restoration and restitution, and greater control and accountability for Aboriginal and T... Read more
In a sterile, depersonalising remand environment designed to strip inmates of all individuality and ties to the familiar, the simple act of listening can be a profound connection to self. Th... Read more
Last week the Western Advocate, a newspaper / media organisation based in Bathurst in central NSW, ran an editorial headed Jails boom making crime pay for economy. It described the economic... Read more
The Change the Record Coalition launched an eight-point plan to reform Australia’s youth justice system Monday, seizing on the Northern Territory Royal Commission as an “historic... Read more
Indigenous children in Queensland are 22 times more likely to be locked up than their counterparts and account for a staggering 65% of those in youth detention on any given day despite compr... Read more
The Crikey piece by Chris Graham (ex the National Indigenous Times) on the criminally high incarceration rates of Aboriginal people has drawn some heated comment on the Crikey website. This... Read more
