News Articles, Comment & Editorial
Matter of fact with Stan Grant ABC – 28.03.2018 – episode 43
ABC News – 28.03.2018
Australia justice system overhaul needed to address Indigenous incarceration, inquiry finds
SJ4YP Blog- 07.03.2018
New youth justice reports highlights how punitive responses don’t work
ABC News – 06.03.2018
Victorian Youth Justice Inquiry finds a rise in remand, significant failures in system
New Zealand Herald – 22.02.2018
Andrew Little: “Longer sentences, more prisoners, it doesn’t work and it has to stop”
Daily Liberal News – 08.02.2018
Experts add voice to developing social justice policy.
SJ4YP Blog – 5.02.2018
The conversation Victoria has to have….putting youth crime to bed
Geelong Advertiser – 02.02.2018
Deakin University expert say policies, not more prison, could help cut crime rate.
Nine News Melbourne – 25 .01.2018
Story on Victorian Government’s commitment to invest in more prisons in which Mary Sayer of VCOSS (SJ4YP member) says in interview: “Evidence around justice reinvestment says its cheaper to do early intervention work than build new mega prisons…”
Bay 93.9 Radio – 15.12.2017
Prison upgrade:Labor begins the hard cell
SJ4YP – 22.11.2017
Victorian must heed lesson of NT Royal Commission
Youthlaw Blog – 17.11.2017
Victorian Cherry Creek facility unsupported by NT Royal Commission recommendations.
Australian Senate (Hansard) – 17.10.2017
Australian Government response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee report Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia
Just Reinvest NSW – 06.10.2017
A justice reinvestment framework for Dubbo is the answer
Cowra Guardian – 7.07.2017
Cowra justice reinvestment project highlighted at Royal Commission
The Guardian – 16.05.2017
‘Little island of hope’: NT youth programs worth every cent, report finds
The Guardian – 27.04.2017
Justice reinvestment to be trialled in ACT to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates
Farrah Tomazin, The Age – 18.03.2017
Former US juvenile jails chief urges Andrews to rethink approach to teen crime
The Guardian – 14.03.2017
How to cut Australia’s $48 billion crime bill
The Guardian – Indigenous Incarceration #breaking the cycle (series Feb 2017)
Jacob’s story: a second chance or a path to prison? Interactive case studies
Keeping clear of prison . I can’t go back in there
Ceduna’s bid to keep it’s indigenous youth out of jail
Funding for communities not prison – the promise of justice reinvestment
Indigenous incarceration rates are not an intractable problem – we have the solutions
The small town trying to shift spending from punishment to prevention
Op Ed by Les Twentyman, Herald Sun – 13.02.2017
We need a new approach to handling justice for our city’s troubled youths
The Ombudsman – 6.02.2017
Report on youth justice facilities at the Grevillea unit of Barwon Prison, Malmsbury and Parkville
Tiffany Overall, Law Institute Journal – 1.02.2017
Time to reinvest in justice
The Age – 9.1.2017
Youth justice is not the government’s fault – but it’s their job to fix it
Jesuit Social Services and Smart Justice 4 Young People – 30.12.2016
Youth justice advocates share serious concerns about Victorian Government’s decision to re-gazette Barwon Prison’s Grevillea Unit
The Age – 16.12.2016
Crime rates are steady, so why are prison costs so high?
Herald Sun – 15.12.2016
Youngest criminals likely to re-offend
Smart Justice 4 Young People – 15.12.2016
Report confirms less children in the youth justice system but more measures needed to prevent vulnerable young children offending
Human Rights Law Centre Media Release – 6.12.2016
Supreme Court set to hear case against children being sent to Barwon adult jail
Victorian Government Media Release – 5.12.2016
Sweeping Reforms To Crack Down On Youth Crime.pdf
SJ4YP response to Victorian Government Media Release – 5.12.2016
Youth justice reforms must be tough on the causes of youth crime
The Age – 29.11.2016
Dealing with young offenders is difficult, but not impossible
Tough stance in tatters after backflip sees Aboriginal kids removed from jail
SJ4YP response to The Age article and Government actions – 29.11.2016
Child right advocates welcome move to stop transfer of young Aboriginal offenders to adult prison, but call on Victorian Government to go further
The Herald Sun – 20.11.2016
It is no answer to dump youths in adult jails after centre riots
The Age – 17.11.2016
Victoria Police says only rehabilitating young criminals will make state safer
The Age – 15.11.2016
Forty teenage juvenile prisoners to be sent to adult jail
SJ4YP response to The Age article – 15.11.2016
Youth advocates warn against transferring young people into adult prison
The Saturday Paper – 22.10.2016
Justice Reinvestment on trial in Cowra
ABC.net.au – 19.09.2016
Backing Bourke: How a radical new approach is saving young people from a life of crime
ABC iView – 19.09.2016
Four Corners Program – Backing Bourke
Huffington Post – 19.09.2016
A Community Program In A Small NSW Town Could Reform The Justice System
Brisbane Times – 7.09.2016
Queensland to remove 17-year-olds from adult prisons
The Mercury – 5.09.2016
Talking Point: Keeping people out of jail safer and cheaper
The Sydney Morning Herald – 4.09.2016
‘A very expensive failure’: Former prisons watchdog says NSW on wrong side of history
The Age – 2.09.2016
Lock ’em up lunacy; how we turn small fry crooks into dangerous sharks
The Age – 25.08.2016
Prison numbers soar as unconvicted prisoners swell jails
The Age – 24.08.2016
Deputy chief magistrate Jelena Popovic calls for Victoria to rethink crime
Croakey – 24.07.2016
Calling for justice reinvestment and safer communities: #JustJustice #ALPconf2015 #ChangeTheRecord
Croakey – 25.01.2016
Meet “the perfect town”, taking an historic step towards a fairer community
Videos
ABC Four Corners – 19.09.2016
ABC Four Corners Program – Backing Bourke
Just Reinvest
Takin A Different Path Video
NAAJA and James Cook University
What is Justice Reinvestment Video
Change the Record
It’s time for a smarter, safer approach. Justice Reinvestment Video