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Nowra · NSW · Just Reinvest NSW
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Overview · from public sources
A justice reinvestment site on Yuin Country supported by Just Reinvest NSW and the national network.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
$2.5 million (2023 to 2027)
Source linkedDCJ funding to expand JR to Nowra and Kempsey
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
$9.8 million over four years
Source linkedNSW Government investment in new justice reinvestment pilots (2022/23 Budget, statewide context)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
9.3 percentage points (51.7 per cent) less likely to go to prison
Source linkedCircle Sentencing reduction in imprisonment (NSW-wide program piloted in Nowra; NOT a JR-site outcome)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
3.9 percentage points (9.6 per cent) less likely to re-offend within 12 months
Source linkedCircle Sentencing reduction in reoffending within 12 months (NSW-wide program piloted in Nowra; NOT a JR-site outcome)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
more than 1,450 sittings (per Ulladulla Times); 1,518 per DCJ
Source linkedCircle Sentencing sittings since 2002 Nowra pilot (NSW-wide cumulative; NOT a JR-site outcome)
ulladullatimes.com.au · 2022View original
The story so far · from public sources
Circle Sentencing (a related Aboriginal community sentencing program, distinct from the JR backbone) was first piloted in Nowra, the precursor of later justice reform in the Shoalhaven.
dcj.nsw.gov.au ↗On 27 February 2023 the NSW Government announced community consultation to expand Justice Reinvestment to Nowra and Kempsey, identifying both as new JR sites.
justreinvest.org.au ↗DCJ contracted Just Reinvest NSW $2.5 million to expand Justice Reinvestment in Kempsey and Nowra, June 2023 to June 2027; Waminda became the Nowra backbone/lead organisation.
dcj.nsw.gov.au ↗2023/24 milestones reported to NSW Parliament: finalisation of a Program Logic and Theory of Change for Nowra and Kempsey, and development of local JR solutions.
parliament.nsw.gov.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Just Reinvest NSW Inc.
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