Day 1
- Wednesday 26th September, 2012
8:00
Registration, coffee & networking
8:30
Welcome to Country
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
8:40
Welcoming remarks from the Chair
Noelene McCormick, Director
Department of Education and Training, NT
Using justice reinvestment to reduce recidivism
8:50
Illustrating the impact of justice reinvestment
- Highlighting the potential to impact upon incarceration levels
- Reducing the presence of Indigenous youth in courts
9:25
Addressing the proposed crime prevention program
- Creating a focus on Indigenous young people
- Highlighting the importance of crime prevention in Indigenous communities
- Creating innovative grants for partnerships to address crime
10:00
The importance of rehabilitation & reintegration to reduce recidivism
- Looking at the Throughcare project – what is and isn’t working
- Providing access to post release opportunities
- Addressing transitional needs
10:35
Morning tea & networking
11:05
Understanding the other side of justice reinvestment
- Creating a solid and successful scheme
- Illustrating an Aboriginal view
- Providing ideas to increase awareness of justice reinvestment
Building partnerships with police
11:40
Case study: ‘Clean slate without prejudice’: The power of relationships in reducing Indigenous crime
- Building relationships with community members
- Building partnerships between police and Indigenous mentors
- Training programs that lift morale and community aspiration
12:15
Ministerial keynote: Addressing causes of crime rather than harsher sentences
- Creating youth conduct orders to address causes of offending
- Illustrating how justice reinvestment can reduce recidivism
- Providing better educational & employment pathways
12:55
Networking lunch
1:55
A front-line perspective: Barriers to justice reinvestment in Australia
2:25
Building the interface between police & community
- The importance of police working in the community
- Diverting young people from the criminal justice system
- Engaging with remote Indigenous youth
Co-presentation with a community engagement officer (speaker TBC)
3:00
Case study: Measuring police accountability
- Building a human rights framework to determine police accountability
- Providing cultural understanding for police
- Establishing relationships with youth
3:35
Afternoon tea & networking
4:05
Highlighting a new era in corrections
- Managing offenders in and out of custody
- Addressing the increase in violent crimes
4:40
Roundtable discussions
Delegates will break into groups to discuss key challenges and focus areas addressed in day one
5:25
Closing remarks from the Chair & close of day one
6:00
Complimentary networking dinner & drinks
Day 2
- Thursday 27th September, 2012
8:00
Welcome, coffee & networking
8:30
Welcoming remarks from the Chair
Noelene McCormick, Director
Department of Education and Training, NT
Reforming of the bail act
8:40
Illustrating the impact of bail refusal
- Knowing who makes bail decisions
- Understanding the effects of bail refusal and alternatives to bail refusal
- Knowing what considerations apply to refusing bail to young people
9:15
Changing perceptions of incarceration as a rite of passage
- Transitioning from juvenile justice into the adult system
- Reducing children in care that end up in justice system
- Addressing the impact of Indigenous youth involved in the justice system from a young age
Creating supportive housing models
9:50
Reducing homelessness to diminish incarceration
- Recognising the links between offending, release from prison and homelessness
- Increasing access to suitable accommodation
- Reducing the risk of becoming homeless
10:25
Morning tea & networking
10:55
Reducing criminalisation of children in care
- Educating carers on behavioural issues to reduce reoffending
- Providing effective post-release support to reduce becoming institutionalised
- Becoming more aware on behavioural issues
11:30
Providing safe accommodation to increase stability
- Creating a safe and supportive living environment to establish positive social norms
- Outlining how inadequate accommodation can heighten the risk of offending and reoffending
- Enabling a sense of wellbeing
Effective prevention & post-release case studies
12:05
Empowering community organisations to prevent crime
- Building partnerships with the local Aboriginal community
- Increasing confidence of youths in the justice system
- Helping the justice system respond to the worries and anxieties of Aboriginal people
12:40
Networking lunch
1:40
Looking at the youth justice project report
- Promising practice of service delivery to youth justice clients
- Building capacity and strengthening services for youth in juvenile justice
- The importance of service delivery to Indigenous youth in the justice system
2:15
Creating better educational pathways to reduce crime
- Illustrating the Aboriginal pedagogy course to increase attainment
- Preventing monotony to reduce crime
- Building student engagement to create better outcomes
2:50
Afternoon tea & networking
3:20
Developing victim awareness in young offenders
- Reviewing restorative justice, art therapy and group work with juvenile and young adult offenders
- Outlining the overview of the Beyond Art program
- Findings and benefits of program
3:55
Roundtable discussions
Delegates will break into groups to discuss key challenges and focus areas addressed in day two
4:40
Closing remarks from the Chair & close of conference
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