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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. Abuse is not foreign to youth justice in Australia. But can our failures be rectified with reforms, or are they endemic…
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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. Sorry Day (26 May) is worth remembering in our present anxious times. In 2008, the Apology made by the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd acknowledging wrongs done, was supported by both sides of…
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Standing apart: the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Youth
Policy team volunteer DARCY TILBROOK urges equal opportunities for Aboriginal Australians in this blog for Sorry Day (26 May). The blog was adapted from a speech he gave at the 2016-17 Rotary Australia Four Way Test Speaking Competition. Imagine a school boy standing in front of you. Let’s call him James. A white, 16-year-old school…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – Hameln Youth Justice Facility, Germany
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS reflects on her visit to the Hameln Youth Justice Facility in Germany, where efforts are focused on the successful reintegration of young people back into the community. Hameln Youth Centre, Germany. Image credit: Jugendanstalt…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – Halden Prison, Norway
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS writes about her visit to Norway’s Halden Prison, dubbed “the world’s most humane prison.” Halden Prison, Norway. Image credit: Marte Aas Sally Parnell, Executive Director of Programs at Jesuit Social Services, and I travelled…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – New York
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Chairman PATRICIA FAULKNER reflects on the many ways New York City is on the pathway to reform. Jesuit Social Services’ Cath Neville (second from left) and Patricia Faulkner (right) with staff from the NYC Department of Probation. Today is…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – University College of Norwegian Correctional Service
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS explores the two-year training provided to contact officers in Norway’s justice system, which focuses on engagement and relationship building. Jesuit Social Services’ Sally Parnell (right) and Associate Professor Elisabeth Fransson As we enter the…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – Fundacion Diagrama, Spain
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ Executive Director of Programs SALLY PARNELL writes about Spain’s “re-education” centres that have love and boundaries at their heart. David (left) and Anna from Diagrama with Jesuit Social Services’ Julie Edwards and Sally Parnell (right). What we hear…
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NDIS not meeting the needs of marginalised members of the community
The harrowing tale of a young man languishing in prison due to a lack of suitable accommodation in the community highlights that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) does not meet the needs of some of the most marginalised members of the community, writes Jesuit Social Services Media Relations Manager KATHRYN KERNOHAN. The story of…
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Harmony Day – reflection by Andy Hamilton SJ
Confidence in our own identity is the key to embracing the differences of others, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ In nature diversity is a good thing. Lack of diversity makes for inbreeding and impoverishment of the gene pool. It makes crops more liable to catastrophic disease with consequences for all those who rely on them for…