KNYA Justice Reinvestment
Addresses over-incarceration under Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement with SA Government.

Murray Bridge, SA
A community-led justice reinvestment initiative run by the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority Inc under the Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement (KNYA), serving Meningie, Mid Murray, Murray Bridge, Murray Mallee and Raukkan in South Australia.
Impact on the record
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What runs here
KNYA Justice Reinvestment
Addresses over-incarceration under Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement with SA Government.
The lead organisation also supports
Ngarrindjeri Yarluwar-Ruwe Program
Cultural and natural resource management framework using Yannarumi decision-making process. Country-based healing.
Working on Ruwe Rangers
Ranger program: 500K+ trees planted over 5 years. Employment pathway connecting young people to Country.
The people
The arc
2024
Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority named among ten community-led justice reinvestment initiatives that secured Commonwealth support, announced ~19 April 2024 as part of the federal First Nations justice package ($109 million total; $79 million allocated to support up to 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives).
Source →2024
Justice reinvestment described on the NRA site as a strategic, long-term, community-led approach developed under the Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement (KNYA); NRA listed as a member of the Justice Reinvestment Network Australia (JRNA).
Source →In the record
National Indigenous Times · 2024-04-19
The network
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