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Federal Election 2022 platform – A blueprint for a just recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many pre-existing social and economic issues in Australia to the fore, from housing stress, to poverty, family violence, and insecure employment. As an organisation working with some of the most disadvantaged members of the community, we have witnessed firsthand the disproportionate impact of this crisis on already marginalised people and communities.
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Prisons, climate and a just transition
Australia, like many other countries, is seeing the damaging impact of climate change on communities and ecosystems. In the face of these worsening climate change impacts, marginalised people and communities are most at risk, including people in prison. In December 2019, when bushfires burned close...
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Submission to the Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System
Jesuit Social Services was pleased to contribute a response to the Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System. ...
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Submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System
COVID-19 has shown that alternative ways of operating the justice system are possible, and that there is an opportunity to ‘build back better’ with a socially and environmentally just system that is driven by evidence and best practice. ...
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Keeping ‘Youth at the Centre’ of our 5th National Justice Symposium
[caption id="attachment_8668" align="alignright" width="300"] Julie Edwards with international speakers Candice C. Jones and Clinton Lacey in their session at the National Justice Symposium[/caption] ...
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Submission to federal inquiry into insecure work
Jesuit Social Services recently made a submission to the federal inquiry into insecure work undertaken by the Senate Select Committee on Job Security. ...
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Submission on mandatory sentencing and community-based sentencing options in the Northern Territory
Jesuit Social Services was pleased to contribute to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee’s consultation on mandatory sentencing and community-based sentencing options. ...