I managed 5 prisons and not one of them worked. We need a government that will reinvestment Justice funds back into the communities where the majority of inmates come from & return to. We need to address disadvantage this is the key and has been known for over 30 years.
Governments continue to lavish resources on incarceration despite empirical research that re-offending is better addressed by rehabilitation programs, education and vocational training, stable housing, and employment.
The 1987-91 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody reported that: “The single significant contributing factor to incarceration is the disadvantaged and unequal position of Aboriginal people in Australian society in every way”.
Government funding & program priorities across Aust have effectively criminalised the consequences of marginalisation &failed to address the causes of offending. This is why our prisons presently warehouse Aboriginal men, women and children as well as the mentally ill
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