The Latest Breaking News from Justice Reform Initiative

Current responses to children aged between 10 and 13 with alleged offending have little therapeutic or developmental benefit, a new criminology report says.

An advocacy group is calling on the Victorian government to redirect money away from the state's prison system to get further ahead on justice reform.

A new report says the Northern Territory jails people at a rate among the highest in the world, with Indigenous Australians significantly over-represented.

“Going home” is a classic metaphor for exiting prison. But most people exiting prison in Australia either expect to be homeless, or don’t know where they will be staying when released.

The Justice Reform Initiative wants more money spent on helping vulnerable people with issues such as employment, mental health and housing and less for locking those same people up.