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Relocating children and young people to adult prison is no magic fix
News of another incident involving young people at Barwon Prison is evidence that detaining children in an adult prison does not improve community safety, says Jesuit Social Services....
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Investment into Group Conferencing will create safer communities
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the Northern Territory Government’s $18.2 million annual investment of a suite of measures that aim to prevent young people from offending and prevent re-offending among young people who have contact with the justice system....
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Adult prison is unequivocally unfit for children
Jesuit Social Services has thrown its support behind the Human Rights Law Centre’s fresh legal challenge against the detention of children in Barwon Prison....
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Transfer of youth justice to Department of Justice counter-productive to community safety
The Victorian Government’s decision to transfer the responsibility of youth justice from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to the Department of Justice will undermine community safety in the long run, says Jesuit Social Services....
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Addressing root causes of crime key to tackling youth crime
A commitment to address the root causes of youth offending must be present in any conversation about how to tackle youth crime, says Jesuit Social Services....
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Statement regarding use of Barwon prison to house young offenders
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision that the Victorian Government’s housing of young offenders at Barwon Prison is unlawful....
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Offending rate remains steady but prison costs spike by almost $1 billion
Despite the rate of offenders in Australia remaining steady over the past five years, the national imprisonment rate has jumped by an alarming 25 per cent – resulting in a staggering spike in the cost of prisons by almost a billion dollars (to a total of $3.8 billion) during the same period....
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Expansion of youth justice bail services welcomed
Jesuit Social Services today welcomed a number of initiatives to strengthen Victoria’s Youth Justice system - such as the expansion of the Central After Hours Bail Placement Services and Youth Justice Bail Supervision - and called on the Andrews government to continue investing in both supervision...
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Statement regarding the transfer of young people to Barwon adult prison
Jesuit Social Services resolutely believes that no child should be held in an adult prison facility....