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Victims of Crime

Jailing is failing victims of crime. Victims of crime frequently call for better support alongside better access to justice. Victims of crime also often advocate for processes and responses that genuinely address the causes of crime, and also ensure that people who have committed crime are held accountable for their actions.
The Justice Reform Initiative seeks to work alongside people who have experienced being the victim of a crime in order to build safer communities. This includes improved access to supports and services for victims and increasing the ability of people who are victims of crime to participate in evidence-based mechanisms and responses like transformative and restorative justice processes.  

Jailing Is Failing

Women

Jailing is failing women. In Australia the vast majority of incarcerated women have themselves survived crime in the form gendered violence. This includes many women who have survived family and domestic violence. Women’s incarceration...
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Taxpayers

Jailing is failing Australian taxpayers. In addition to being harmful and ineffective, imprisonment is also extremely expensive. The cost of adult incarceration in Australia is more than $6.3 billion per annum. The cost...
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People Who Experience Disadvantage

Jailing is failing the most disadvantaged. The majority of people incarcerated in Australia come from circumstances where they have experienced multiple and intersecting disadvantages. There are eight social determinants that increase the likelihood...
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