News and Media Releases

Jailing is failing Australia and now is the time for cross party support to move to evidence-based policies in the criminal justice system

Armidale Lecture by Robert Tickner AO, Chair of the Justice Reform Initiative. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Armidale. Armidale, Thursday 9th June 2022.

June 14, 2022

Why jailing is failing South Australia

By Chris Sumner and Robert Hill, InDaily, 27 May 2022

May 30, 2022

Media Release: Damning report into WA’s “cruel” juvenile justice centre highlights urgent need for reform

Justice Reform Initiative Media Release, 20 April 2022

April 22, 2022

Media Release: New report shows jailing is failing South Australia

Justice Reform Initiative Media Release, 12 April 2022

April 12, 2022

Media Release: Parliamentary inquiry finds jailing is failing – time for government to act

Justice Reform Initiative Media Release, 24 March 2022

March 24, 2022

Lock-up logic? It’s time to rethink the use of prisons

By Jon Faine, The Sunday Age, 13 February 2022

February 23, 2022

New book on urgent need for criminal justice reforms

By Justice Reform Initiative, 13 December 2021

December 13, 2021

Jailing is failing and NSW is a world-beating failure

By Bob Debus and Greg Smith, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 2021

December 10, 2021

Media Release: New report shows jailing is failing in NSW

Justice Reform Initiative Media Release, 10 December 2021