Katherine
Justice
Reinvestment
Justice reinvestment is a way of working to address the causes of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system.
Justice Reinvestment is a community led strengths-based approach that aims to shift peoples interactions away from the justice system by targeting the causes of crime such as poverty, unemployment, disengagement in education and homelessness, instead of incarceration.
Katherine Justice Reinvestment Consortium
Justice reinvestment is a way of working to address the causes of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system.
Justice Reinvestment is a community led strengths-based approach that aims to shift peoples interactions away from the justice system by targeting the causes of crime such as poverty, unemployment, disengagement in education and homelessness, instead of incarceration.
SAVANNA SOLUTIONS
A well-established local Indigenous consultancy
service is the lead organisation responsible for managing the contract and meeting guideline
requirements.
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
will provide capacity building, data collection
and management, evaluation, and research expertise.
JESUIT SOCIAL SERVICES
will provide secretariat support to the Governance
Group, and manage justice reinvestment staff to undertake community engagement and a circuit breaker ‘Point to Point’ initiative.
Justice Reinvestment is a better way of dealing with crime. Instead of locking people up it looks at why people may turn to crime in the first place.
The causes of crime can be family fighting, money worries, not having a job or other tough problems. By addressing the causes of crime with local community-led solutions, it tries to stop crime before it happens.
Instead of spending lots of money on jails, money will be put into things like helping people find jobs and houses.
Justice Reinvestment will make Katherine safer by preventing crime in the first place.
What will the Consortium do?
Support the community governance roles to engage the community through governance support, community engagement and evidencebased data collection to guide decision making.
Collaborate with the Governance Group to develop, implement and refine a local Justice Reinvestment Plan.
Build and strengthen connections with local community members and stakeholders who are committed to addressing the causes of crime
Support and develop strategies led by the community to reduce people’s contact with the justice system.