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That is why in this chapter I look to justice reinvestment from the United States as a new approach that may hold the key to unlocking Indigenous Australians from the cycle of crime and escalating imprisonment rates.

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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.

Justice reinvestment, a diversionary program, was also the focus of recommendations from the latest Senate inquiry.

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.

Victoria has much to learn from other jurisdictions, particularly the United States (US) and other Australian states and territories, especially NSW, which are further advanced in their exploration of and implementation of justice reinvestment approaches.

Justice reinvestment is about shifting spending away from prisons and juvenile detention expansion towards prevention, such as early childhood education in vulnerable communities, targeting young people at risk of school disengagement, intensive case work support with housing and employment support, and job creation.

Researchers from the Australian National University, led by Dr Jill Guthrie, are conducting an innovative community research study in Cowra, NSW to evaluate the potential use of a justice reinvestment approach to addressing crime, and particularly the imprisonment of the town's young people.

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.

Early indications from trials in Australia suggest that adopting a local justice reinvestment approach will pay bigger long - term dividends than a «tough on crime» approach.

It calls on governments to establish an independent justice reinvestment body, to promote redirection of resources from the criminal justice system to community - led, place - based initiatives addressing the drivers of crime and incarceration.

However, justice reinvestment actively shifts the focus away from imprisonment to the provision of community - wide services that prevent offending.

There is a lot we can learn from justice reinvestment policies in the United States, and emerging interest in this approach in the United Kingdom.

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.

In April 2009 the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee conducted hearings on justice reinvestment, taking evidence from representatives of the Justice Center and the Texas and Kansas state governments on the implementation of justice reinvejustice reinvestment, taking evidence from representatives of the Justice Center and the Texas and Kansas state governments on the implementation of justice reinveJustice Center and the Texas and Kansas state governments on the implementation of justice reinvejustice reinvestment.

However, experts caution that progress will be limited if funds are not devolved from the Scottish prison system, consistent with a justice reinvestment model.

These are the sorts of programs that could benefit from additional funding as a result of justice reinvestment strategies.

Justice reinvestment is a new idea in Australia that offers a proven rigorous methodology and good results from overseas experience.

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That is why in this chapter I look to a recent development from the United States, justice reinvestment, as a new approach that may hold the key to unlocking Indigenous Australians from the cycle of crime and escalating imprisonment rates.