Smarter Justice for Safer Communities
It’s time to break the cycle of offending and make our community safer, with solutions that are proven to work.
This is Smarter Justice for Safer Communities.
Community-led early intervention, drug and alcohol treatment and mental health programs work. They divert at risk people away from the justice system and reduce crime.
Enforced post-release programs for life skills, training, and job support work. They cut reoffending and are proven to reduce future contact with the criminal justice system.
Giving local families, communities, and police the resources to address the causes of crime works.
Together we can break the cycle of offending and build safer communities.
Smarter justice in action
Brother to Another gives young men choices beyond the cycle of offending
It’s about getting the right help from the moment someone is imprisoned and ensuring they continue to be supported after they are released so they can get back on track and stay there – for good.
Women supporting women to build a life beyond bars
It’s about getting the right help from the moment someone is imprisoned and ensuring they continue to be supported after they are released so they can get back on track and stay there – for good.
Robbed publican’s common sense justice
When a young girl stole a bottle of rum from behind the bar at the Goldfields Hotel in Tennant Creek, Jason pursued a common sense approach to justice, where the punishment fit the crime…
Life skills helping women break the cycle
After several stints in prison, Julie wasn’t sure what her future held—until she found hope with the Alice Springs Alternative to Custody program…
Go directly to gym
A magistrate discharged Jason to his boxing coach instead of sending him to jail. It changed his life and his community for good…
Community holding offenders accountable drops crime
Uncle Matty’s community once had the highest crime rates in the Northern Territory. Through collective action with local elders, they achieved a remarkable 95% reduction in crime…