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NT’s Back on Track plan will benefit entire Territory
- 17 July 2019
The Northern Territory’s Back on Track: Cutting Youth Crime Plan, released today, will ultimately support young people to reach their potential and create safer communities for all Territorians, says Jesuit Social Services. Jesuit Social Services is among the organisations that has been newly funded to deliver a suite of programs across the Territory as part…
Link between residential care and youth justice highlights systemic failures
- 27 June 2019
A new report by the Sentencing Advisory Council, which shows that one in five of children sentenced to a custodial order across 2016 and 2017 had experienced residential care, highlights that many of Victoria’s most vulnerable children have been failed by the very systems meant to protect them, says Jesuit Social Services. “The sad trajectory…
Crime statistics show decrease in young offenders, at odds with rising detention numbers
- 20 June 2019
New data released by the Crime Statistics Agency today shows that both the number of young people committing offences and the number of alleged incidents recorded against young people have decreased over the past 12 months. This is at odds with Victoria’s rising youth detention population, and the figures should be the catalyst for new…
Addressing drivers of crime the most effective way to create safer communities
- 31 May 2019
A new Crime Prevention Taskforce, led by the Victorian Government, is a positive step forward in addressing the drivers of crime and supporting people to reach their full potential, says Jesuit Social Services. “Minister for Crime Prevention Ben Carroll says that the best crime prevention measures are a job and a stable home and we…
Budget investment in community services welcome but more needed for crime prevention
- 28 May 2019
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the Victorian State Government’s 2019/20 budget and its significant investments into vital infrastructure projects, schools and hospitals. “The State Government has delivered on many of its election commitments including free dental care for Victorian students and the construction of 1,000 new social housing properties. These investments were welcomed by the community…
Increasing prison capacity an ineffective and costly avoidance of addressing systemic issues
- 24 May 2019
The Victorian Government’s 2019-20 Budget announcement of more than $1.8 billion to increase prison capacity across the state is money invested into the wrong end of the system, and the Government must also set targets to reduce the prison population and re-offending, says Jesuit Social Services. “The serious problems around Victoria’s criminal justice system are…
Plans for new ‘supermax’ unit symptomatic of youth justice troubles
- 23 May 2019
News of a new ‘supermax’ unit within Victoria’s youth detention system highlights a range of systemic issues that need to be urgently addressed, says Jesuit Social Services. “It is clear that the current conditions in our youth detention facilities are not supporting the successful rehabilitation of young people involved with the justice system,” says Julie…
Watch House Files highlight urgent need for National Youth Justice Strategy
- 13 May 2019
Jesuit Social Services has called for national leadership to reform youth justice systems across Australia in light of last night’s Four Corners episode aired on ABC TV. The implementation of a National Youth Justice Strategy and immediately raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years, as highlighted in Jesuit Social Services’ Federal Election platform,…
Increased use of youth detention highlights need for new solutions
- 10 May 2019
A shocking increase in the number of young people in youth detention in Victoria is at odds with the number of young people committing offences – and highlights that new solutions are required so that detention is only ever used as a last resort, says Jesuit Social Services. The report released today by the Australian…
AIHW youth justice data highlights urgent need to raise the age of criminal responsibility
- 10 May 2019
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which reveals the stark over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the youth justice system must be the catalyst for urgent reform, including raising the age of criminal responsibility, says Jesuit Social Services. “It is positive to note that the number…

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