Australian governments should follow the ACT's lead in building communities, not prisons
- Written by Lorana Bartels, Professor, School of Law and Justice, University of Canberra
Justice reinvestment seeks to reduce the number of people in prison by investing money that would have been spent on prisons in early intervention, prevention and diversion. It involves working with communities to design local solutions to address the drivers of crime and imprisonment.
In 2013, a Senate committee recommended that the Commonwealth...