Sentences with phrase «for justice reinvestment»

Based on this data I think we can tentatively suggest that any of these locations would be ideal for justice reinvestment pilot projects.

It notes the growing movement in Australia advocating for justice reinvestment, including by the Just Reinvest NSW campaign and Change the Record and in the call for a trial from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committeee in 2013.

Smart Justice for Young People is calling on the Victorian Government to develop a state - wide strategy for a justice reinvestment policy and to commit to trialling and evaluating justice reinvestment in selected communities.

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The report offers recommendations for justice - based reinvestment at the local, state and federal level.

We hope that this evening's vigil will play a part in driving home in Government the urgent need for long - term reinvestment to ensure that the public remain safe and that confidence in the justice system is restored.»

And the Legislature noted in its budget bill that this appropriation was «to partially implement the civil justice reinvestment plan,» indicating their recognition of the need for additional revenues in future biennia.

Legal Action Group released a new report, Justice in freefall, analysing the latest legal aid statistics from the Ministry of Justice and recommending immediate commencement of the LASPO review, reinvestment of the civil legal aid budget underspend in an innovation fund and a public information campaign about what problems legal aid is available for.

Commissioner Oscar has backed calls for an independent justice reinvestment body to be established to help reduce the high levels of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the justice system.

For my last report I have chosen to focus on justice reinvestment to reduce Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system; the protection of Indigenous languages; and sustaining Aboriginal homeland communities.

Justice reinvestment still retains prison as a measure for dangerous and serious offenders but actively shifts the culture away from imprisonment and starts providing community wide services that prevent offending.

Croakey continued its important focus on justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a post on justice reinvestment, a recent topic at the ALP national conference.

Setting aside proposed constitutional amendments for the time, what is required is the implementation of justice targets at an integrated national level, as well as the introduction of statutory justice reinvestment.

«Justice reinvestment» is a name for policies that divert a portion of the funds for imprisonment to local communities where there is a high concentration of offenders.

The Australian Red Cross has joined calls for a shift to justice reinvestment, issuing a major report urging that it be made a national priority and t...

Furthermore, with positive initial trials recently being conducted into Indigenous youth justice reinvestment in NSW and South Australia, it is time for COAG to implement national justice targets and justice reinvestment plans.

It recommended an Indigenous - led, evidence - based justice reinvestment trial to address these underlying causes of offending, as well as greater funding and support for Indigenous - driven solutions.

Overall, Indigenous Australians have significantly lower access to mental health services, private or public, than other Australians and it thus makes sound policy and economic sense that investing in mental health services for Indigenous Australians should be one avenue to explore through justice reinvestment programs.

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In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C (1)(a) of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 4 recommendations on justice reinvestment to reduce Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system, 7 recommendations for the protection of Indigenous languages and 1 recommendation for sustaining Aboriginal homeland communities.

Commitment to a new Closing The Gap justice target; expansion of justice reinvestment programs; establishment of a national coordinating body for justice targets

A Shorten Labor Government will provide the resources for a long - term study of justice reinvestment in Bourke, to see what Australia can learn.

The Australian Red Cross has joined calls for a shift to justice reinvestment, issuing a major report urging that it be made a national priority and that trials be rolled out nationwide.

Instead of seeing prison as the common resort to crime, the report called for it to be seen as a last resort, and urged governments to pursue justice reinvestment reforms:

Reconciliation Australia called for collaborative, community - led approaches to justice reinvestment approaches, with mounting evidence to show this could «help to tackle problems around offending and incarceration, while creating alternative pathways and brighter futures for young people».

Justice reinvestment still retains prison as a measure for dangerous and serious offenders.

For example, the justice reinvestment body should be overseen by a board with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership, and all initiatives to reduce the harmful effects of alcohol in communities should be developed with, and led by, these communities to meet their particular needs.

She highlighted the work of justice reinvestment programs such as «Clean Slate Without Prejudice» in Redfern and urged the government to review such successful initiatives for replication «while adapting these community led initiatives to local conditions, in targeted areas throughout the country».

A major new report from the Australian Law Reform Commission, responding to a February 2017 brief by former Attorney General George Brandis, calls for national criminal justice targets and for governments to support justice reinvestment trials.

I showcase a number of developments towards justice reinvestment in Australia, including ground - breaking community initiatives in Bourke and Cowra, and highlight some of the challenges for implementing justice reinvestment based on the Australian context and international experience.

«There is mounting evidence that a community - driven, collaborative approach to justice reinvestment can help to tackle problems around offending and incarceration, while creating alternative pathways and brighter futures for young people.»

He supported community driven initiatives like the Bourke justice reinvestment work, and could be found most mornings at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, boxing with the young people of Redfern together with local Aboriginal leadership and the local police.

Reconciliation Australia joins with Just Reinvest NSW, the Change the Record coalition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and others in reaffirming the urgent need for sustained investment in communities, and a national, long - term approach to justice reinvestment, to lessen the disproportionate rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration across Australia.

«As last night's Four Corners program showed, justice reinvestment is the smarter approach to building stronger communities, particularly for young people,» said Justin Mohamed, CEO of Reconciliation Australia.

[144] Consequently it makes sound policy and economic sense that investing in mental health services for them is an avenue to explored through justice reinvestment programs.

[129] Just as justice reinvestment led to better resourced and more innovative parole and community corrections services in Texas and Kansas, justice reinvestment could be the impetus for improving Indigenous community justice services.

Justice reinvestment would be an excellent priority area for the SCAG working group to take up, leading to pilot projects in appropriate areas.

Justice reinvestment provides another argument for critically looking at these laws with an eye to reducing Indigenous imprisonment and expenditure.

[8] The Commission supports this recommendation and encourages the Western Australian government to develop and fund a justice reinvestment pilot program for the criminal justice system.

[7] Justice reinvestment acknowledges what Indigenous communities have known for a long time — taking people out of communities through imprisonment weakens the entire community.

Justice reinvestment refers to policies that divert a portion of the funds for imprisonment to local communities where there is a high concentration of offenders.

A justice reinvestment approach could systematically highlight a variety of these issues for Indigenous Australians and suggest appropriate reforms.

In effect, justice reinvestment could become a very powerful tool for ensuring that Indigenous Australians are socially included.

The next part of the chapter goes on to put forward some ideas about making justice reinvestment work for Indigenous Australians.

Appendix 1 provides a chronology of events for 2008 — 2009; appendix 2 relates to chapter two on justice reinvestment, and appendices 3 — 5 relate to chapter three on Indigenous languages.

The Social Justice Commissioner, and the Commission itself, are committed to advocating for implementation of justice reinvestment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and to bringing federal governments together with state and territory governments to embrace these apprJustice Commissioner, and the Commission itself, are committed to advocating for implementation of justice reinvestment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and to bringing federal governments together with state and territory governments to embrace these apprjustice reinvestment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and to bringing federal governments together with state and territory governments to embrace these approaches.

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