WHAT’S IN THE MEDIA?
Australian Red Cross and Justice Reinvestment SA (JRSA) are working in partnership with the Aboriginal community living in Port Adelaide and the western metropolitan area of Adelaide to implement a justice reinvestment initiative.
This work builds on previous (2015) community and stakeholder consultations undertaken by SA Government and Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) which identified widespread community interest in justice reinvestment, with the caveat that any pilot program would need to be Aboriginal community led and designed.
A report of the consultations undertaken by PwC can be found HERE
In 2018, Red Cross and JRSA secured independent and government sources of funding to commence the early stages of a justice reinvestment project in Port Adelaide including:
a data gathering framework to monitor JR initiatives overtime
a ‘community justice hub’ on site at the Tauondi Aboriginal College in Port Adelaide to provide an essential ‘place and space’ for the Aboriginal community to establish an Aboriginal leadership group and project presence
a community engagement process to establish a community-led governance framework and the Port Adelaide Justice Reinvestment Aboriginal leadership group.