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Communities / ACT / Canberra
Canberra · ACT · ACT Government with Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation
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Overview · from public sources
The ACT Government strategy to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recidivism by 25 percent by 2025 and beyond, through justice reinvestment.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
99%
Restorative Justice Conferencing participant satisfaction (2022-23)
act.gov.au · 2023View original
90% and 81% respectively
Drug and Alcohol Sentencing Court offending reduction (graduates vs non-graduates)
act.gov.au · 2022View original
violent crime -50%, property crime -60%, disturbance incidents -49%; $0.42 to $0.51 saved per $1 invested
Strong Connected Neighbourhoods program outcomes
act.gov.au · 2018View original
The story so far · from public sources
High Density Safety and Housing Project established under the 2004-2007 ACT Property Crime Strategy (delivery of participation activities to high and complex needs residents at seven public housing sites along Ainslie Ave).
act.gov.au ↗ACT Government committed to developing an ACT Justice Reinvestment Strategy in the 2014-15 budget, aimed at reducing recidivism and diverting offenders.
act.gov.au ↗Parliamentary Agreement for the 9th Legislative Assembly commitment to establish a Drug and Alcohol Court, as part of a goal to reduce recidivism by 25% by 2025.
act.gov.au ↗Launch of justice reinvestment family trial (Yarrabi Bamirr) and announcement of the Ngurrambai Bail Support Trial in partnership with the Aboriginal Legal Service.
act.gov.au ↗Announcement of the Building Communities, Not Prisons package as part of the 2019/20 Budget to expand justice reinvestment initiatives.
act.gov.au ↗Commencement of the RR25by25 Plan (Reducing Recidivism in the ACT by 25% by 2025).
act.gov.au ↗External reporting site at Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation established to provide a culturally safe space for First Nations people on community-based sentences or parole orders.
act.gov.au ↗Funding of a coordinated program of initiatives in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, including expansion of Yarrabi Bamirr and continuation of the Ngurrambai Bail Support Program.
act.gov.au ↗Commencement of Phase 2 of the RR25by25 Plan - 'RR25by25 and Beyond: A Justice Reinvestment Strategy for the ACT' launched, with co-design of the Justice Futures Fund (foreword by AG Shane Rattenbury, September 2024).
cmtedd.act.gov.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
ACT Government (with Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation)
Connected communities
Registers read: sites.json (government strategy; no registry entity)