Media releases Archives - Page 24 of 26

Proactive approach to family violence will promote safety: Jesuit Social Services
- 30 March 2016
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Increasing Indigenous prison rates requires a rethink
- 18 March 2016
New data released yesterday revealing a further increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people incarcerated in Victoria is evidence that further work is needed to meet the specific needs of these groups in the justice system, says Jesuit Social Services....
Postvention support crucial in addressing rising suicide numbers
- 9 March 2016
An increase in the number of people who took their own lives in 2014, as revealed in new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is evidence that further funding and support is needed to tackle the crisis....
Bail Amendment Bill will help vulnerable young people
- 18 February 2016
Jesuit Social Services congratulates the Victorian Government on the passing of the Bail Amendment Bill 2015, which will help address the alarming increase in the number of children arrested and held on remand in Victoria....
Prominent Catholic community organisations offer to lead coordinated response to care for asylum seekers
- 9 February 2016
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High Court decision a violation of human rights
- 3 February 2016
Jesuit Social Services has strongly condemned the High Court’s ruling that more than 200 people seeking asylum, including a number of babies born in Australia, can be sent from the mainland to Nauru....
Focus on vulnerable people crucial to Victoria’s 10-year mental health plan
- 10 December 2015
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the Victorian Government’s 10-year Mental Health Plan, and in particular its commitment to ensure all Victorians can achieve “good mental health… particularly those who are disadvantaged and vulnerable”....
Changes to Bail Act welcome after children unintentionally snagged in tightening net
- 26 November 2015
Jesuit Social Services welcomes changes to Bail introduced into the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday 25 November to address the alarming increase in vulnerable children being held in remand despite a 14 per cent drop in the number of young offenders....
Commitment needed to fix mental health mess
- 24 November 2015
The redesigning of mental health services in Victoria by the previous state government has proven disastrous for vulnerable people and Jesuit Social Services welcomes the Andrews Government’s commitment to ‘work with service providers to fix the mess and ensure Victorians who most need help can...
Reducing reoffending the key to creating safer communities: Ombudsman report
- 17 September 2015
Jesuit Social Services today welcomes findings of the Victorian Ombudsman’s Investigation into the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in Victoria, which recommends a whole-of-government approach focused on reducing reoffending....

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