Intervention programs need to be Indigenous-specific, and family and...
A new paper released today reinforces the fact that Aboriginal young people are significantly over-represented at all stages in the criminal justice system, despite government policy and programs. THE...
View ArticleJOB VACANCY – Bourke Justice Reinvestment Project Officer
The Bourke Justice Reinvestment Project is an initiative of the Bourke Aboriginal Community Working Party and Just Reinvest NSW established in partnership with various Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal,...
View ArticleLatest News from Bourke, NSW
Since the commencement of the Bourke Justice Reinvestment project in April 2014, the community of Bourke has identified a number of circuit breakers that would: – have immediate results in terms of...
View ArticleCrime is falling but tough on crime law and order policies continue
As highlighted in a number of reports, most recently the NSW crime statistics from BOSCAR – crime is falling but the focus on tough law and order policies is swelling the prison population beyond its...
View ArticleMembership
For as little as $5 you can become a member of Just Reinvest NSW and be part of our wonderful team aiming to convince the NSW government to turn the ship around by investing in communities where crime...
View ArticleKey reforms being kick-started in Bourke
To the tune of “One night in Bangkok”, there’s a saying amongst criminal lawyers which goes ‘one night in juvi means a life in prison.’ And the evidence bears this out. A young person who has been in...
View ArticleDo you want to pay for failure or invest in success? Justice reinvestment and...
Just Reinvest NSW is focused on developing a justice reinvestment policy that will work here in Australia. For that, we need a clear roadmap. Looking to the experience overseas, what we are learning is...
View ArticleThinking differently for a safer community
In New South Wales, Aboriginal young people make up just 2.2 per cent of the population but over half of all young people in our prisons. The over-representation of Aboriginal young people in the...
View ArticleLaunch of Just Reinvest NSW’s Election Policy Paper
Justice reinvestment is a concept we ALL need to be more familiar with. It’s about removing emphasis on tough on crime to being smarter on crime. Justice Reinvestment is about diverting funds away from...
View ArticleJust Reinvest NSW calling for bipartisan approach to justice reinvestment
Just Reinvest NSW looks forward to working with the new incoming NSW government following the March election and will continue to call for the implementation of Justice Reinvestment as an approach to...
View ArticleWe need your help
You might have noticed in the NSW Budget 2015-16 that $45 million has been allocated for new and expanded jails… While there is growing support for justice reinvestment within the NSW Government, this...
View ArticleGovernor of NSW visits Bourke
His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor of NSW met with members of the team from Maranguka’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative for Bourke on 10 June 2015. His...
View ArticleMaranguka/JR wins Award for Innovation
In recognition of their hard work and trail-blazing approach, Maranguka’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative for Bourke received the Innovation in Rural & Regional Community Justice award at the...
View ArticleCross-party support for justice reinvestment
The NSW Government is yet to commit to investment in trials of justice reinvestment, however we are encouraged by the sustained commitment of key supporters, including Minister Hazzard (Minister for...
View ArticleImplement JR to improve children’s lives
Just Reinvest NSW is calling on the NSW Government to create a brighter future for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children by adopting a justice reinvestment approach, on National Aboriginal...
View ArticleAlistair Ferguson Wins Aboriginal Justice Award
Alistair Ferguson is the Executive Officer in Community Development of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project. In recognition of his 20 years of work for his community in Bourke, and in particular...
View ArticleGovernment data now in the hands of the Bourke community
It took 10 months, but we got there! In September we received the final data needed to produce A Snapshot of Life for Aboriginal Children & Young People in Bourke. The Snapshot will be used by the...
View ArticleJustice ‘circuit breakers’ launched
Two justice circuit breaker initiatives have now commenced in Bourke as part of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project – the trial of a Warrant Clinic and a Driver Program. The Warrant Clinic...
View ArticleGovernor of NSW: new Champion of Just Reinvest NSW
After a visit to Bourke earlier this year, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley Governor of NSW became a Champion of Just Reinvest NSW and Patron of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment...
View ArticleGovernment House celebrates “a framework to build a better future for young...
On 22 September 2015, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley, Govenor of NSW and Mrs Hurley hosted a reception in support of Just Reinvest NSW and the Maranguka Initiative. Mick Gooda,...
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