Adelaide, SA
A coalition of individuals and organisations from research, policy and community backgrounds working to identify and implement justice approaches that tackle the root causes of crime, with a special focus on reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in South Australian prisons.
Impact on the record
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73
Children/young people prevented from returning to detention (across all PRF justice reinvestment partners, including Tiraapendi Wodli/Port Adelaide)
“We estimate our partners prevented 73 children and young people from going back to detention.”
View the source →$53.1 million across 15 partnerships, 5 jurisdictions, 34 communities
PRF total investment in justice reinvestment (national context for the Tiraapendi Wodli partnership)
“Since 2021 PRF has invested $53.1 million in justice reinvestment, across 15 partnerships, five jurisdictions and 34 communities.”
View the source →23 times more likely
Aboriginal youth detention disparity in South Australia
“Aboriginal young people in South Australia are 23 times more likely to be placed in detention that non-Aboriginal young people and the trend is getting worse.”
View the source →grew 50% over the past decade
South Australia prison population growth (context cited by Tiraapendi Wodli)
“South Australia's prison population grew 50% over the past decade”
View the source →more than $1 million a year per child
Cost of youth detention per child per year
“youth detention, which costs more than $1 million a year per child”
View the source →What runs here
Justice Reinvestment SA
State peak and advocacy body for justice reinvestment in South Australia, supporting community-led justice reinvestment projects including Ceduna and Port Adelaide. Distinct from the individual SA sites. State and advocacy funded.
The people
Deb Moyle
Chief Executive Officer, Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd (the Port Adelaide community justice reinvestment project partnered with JRSA)
Source →Edward Martin
Director, Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd
Source →Neva Wilson
Director, Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd
Source →Alicia Papertalk
Director, Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd
Source →Samantha Jackson
Public Officer, Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd
Source →The arc
2014
Justice Reinvestment SA (JRSA) founded as a coalition; Australian Red Cross was a founding member and continues a coordination role.
Source →2018
Port Adelaide Aboriginal Leadership Group (Tiraapendi Wodli) established (March 2018); inaugural Action Plan released (December 2018).
Source →2025
Tiraapendi Wodli Ltd formally registered as an independent entity (4 April 2025) at 36 Dale St, Port Adelaide; Paul Ramsay Foundation published its justice reinvestment grant impact review (Aug 2025) estimating 73 children/young people prevented from returning to detention across its partners.
Source →In the record
Paul Ramsay Foundation · 2025-08-14
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
Law Society of South Australia Bulletin · 2022-07
The network
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