Queensland youth co-responder program hits two-year mark News Queensland’s youth co-responder team initiative has marked two years of operation, with the government naming it a success. Under the program, police officers and youth
MOU loophole gives legal basis to naked strip searches for young offenders June 9, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The NSW ombud has found that Corrective Services NSW had legal authority to conduct completely naked strip searches of three children at the Frank Baxter
Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner position urged for ACT after high Indigenous incarceration rates revealed January 21, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Two community services organisations have called on the ACT government to take urgent action to address issues with the youth justice system after a Productivity
Vic Ombudsman calls out ‘oppressive’ isolation practices in youth justice centres September 5, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News The solitary confinement of young Victorians in prisons and youth justice systems is “distressing” and “simply wrong”, according to the Victorian Ombudsman. Ombudsman Deborah Glass
New Department of Youth Justice for Queensland May 17, 2019 By David Donaldson News Queensland will establish a stand-alone Department of Youth Justice, announced the state government on Friday. The creation of the new department follows revelations earlier in
Four Corners exposes youth justice policy failure, and community attitudes behind it May 16, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features ABC investigative reporter Mark Willacy has not only exposed a major systemic failure of Queensland’s youth justice system, with help from the state police force,
The best of crime and violence prevention in 2018 December 3, 2018 By The Mandarin Case studies Twelve of Australia’s top programs tackling justice in innovative and effective ways have been recognised in the annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards. The
Youth justice: academics argue against algorithms and actuarial assessments October 27, 2017 By Stephen Easton News Two academics are demanding the New South Wales police open up about their efforts to prevent future crime using an opaque predictive algorithm, which they say is
