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Justice Solutions tour blog - Missouri
In the first of our series of blogs throughout our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Advocacy and Strategic Communications CATHERINE NEVILLE writes about her experiences exploring Missouri’s innovative youth detention model....
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World Environment Day: if we exploit the environment, we damage ourselves
On World Environment Day, ANDY HAMILTON SJ urges us to remember we are part of the environment....
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Sorry Day calls for cultural recognition and respect of Indigenous Australians
Rising Indigenous incarceration rates suggest the promises made in Kevin Rudd's Apology to Indigenous Australians haven't been met, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ....
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Upholding the rights of children and young people in youth justice
Policy team volunteer JEMIMA HOFFMAN writes about the denial of rights of children and young people in the youth justice system, drawing on the work of experts who participated in our recent National Justice Symposium....
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On being discerning - by Andy Hamilton SJ
In the final blog from our organisational values series, ANDY HAMILTON SJ brings discernment down to earth....
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More than the sum of their crimes: listening to the voices of young people
Policy team volunteer DARCY TILBROOK advocates for a more rounded view of young offenders. He draws on Jesuit Social Services' recent conversation about how politics, media and public opinion shape youth justice in Australia....
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Investments into addressing youth remand numbers will ease pressure on system
As public concern has risen over community safety in Victoria, so too has the number of young people held on remand in the state....
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Anzac Day is a chance to imagine living, not dying, for democracy
Rather than asking what cause people died for, we should ask what we’re prepared to live for, says ANDY HAMILTON. In this blog, he shows how linking soldiers' deaths to a broader cause diminishes people's intrinsic value....