All inquiries

Understanding the Past to Drive Action in Youth Justice

To bring meaningful change to Australia's youth justice system, we plan to embark on a journey through historical inquiries to uncover persistent challenges, systemic failures, and overlooked solutions. By reviewing decades of reports we hope to drive the need for new voices and innovative approaches grounded in community and cultural connections.

55%

return to some form of supervision within 12 months

50%

young people in detention are Indigenous

40%

less likely to reoffend if they participate in diversion programs

National Inquiry collection

A collection of inquiries and related reports

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Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia

The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee's report titled "Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia" explores the potential of justice reinvestment as a strategy to reduce imprisonment rates and improve community safety by redirecting funds from prisons to community-based programs that address the underlying causes of crime.

2012

NT Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory was instigated due to high-profile adverse incidents in youth detention centers. The Commission released a report in 2017 that provided an overview of the Northern Territory's youth justice system.

2016

Law and Safety Committee's inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW

The report investigates the effectiveness of diversionary programs in deterring juvenile offenders from long-term involvement in the criminal justice system.

2017

Inquiry into Imprisonment and Recidivism

The Queensland Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Imprisonment and Recidivism examines the increasing imprisonment rates in Queensland despite declining crime rates and proposes recommendations for reducing imprisonment and recidivism to improve community safety.

2019

Inquiry into Victoria’s criminal justice system

The Victorian Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee's inquiry into the state's criminal justice system aimed to assess its effectiveness and identify areas for improvement, focusing on factors influencing remand and prison populations and strategies to reduce recidivism.

2022