Canberra, ACT
Yeddung Mura ("Good Pathways") is an Aboriginal-led Canberra corporation founded in 2013 that uses a justice reinvestment approach to support First Nations people leaving prison to reconnect with community, housing, and culture.
Impact on the record
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188
Clients assisted by the Justice Housing Program (which includes Yeddung Mura's Transitional Accommodation Program for First Nations people)
“Since May 2020, the program has assisted 188 clients.”
View the source →10
Houses operated under the Justice Housing Program (post-release accommodation, incl. Yeddung Mura's component)
“The program's 10 houses are located across Belconnen, the Inner North, Woden and Tuggeranong.”
View the source →25% by 2025
ACT Government recidivism-reduction target the program contributes to (RR25By25)
“the program will help achieve the government's target to reduce recidivism by 25% in 2025.”
View the source →1,978.9 per 100,000
Aboriginal incarceration rate in the ACT (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
“Aboriginal people in the ACT are incarcerated at a rate of 1,978.9 per 100,000 (December 2024), compared to ~163 per 100,000 for non-Indigenous Australians (2016).”
View the source →21 times
Relative likelihood of Aboriginal imprisonment in the ACT (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
“They are 21 times more likely to be imprisoned, driven by over-policing, racial bias, and arrests for low-level offences”
View the source →Nearly 100
Adults released from ACT prisons each year (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
“Nearly 100 adults are released from ACT prisons each year.”
View the source →$960,635 over two years
Caring Dads program funding (Yeddung Mura partnership with Kids First Australia)
“The program is backed by $960,635 in funding over two years through a partnership with Kids First Australia and the National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses.”
View the source →more than 15
Staff employed by Yeddung Mura (per ORIC corporation story)
“Currently employs more than 15 staff”
View the source →What runs here
Yeddung Mura Justice Reinvestment Programs
Justice reinvestment and good-pathways programs delivered by Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation in Canberra (Ngunnawal Country), working alongside the ACT Government's RR25by25 justice reinvestment strategy. State-funded.
The people
The arc
2013
Canberra Elders came together over concern about services for First Nations people leaving prison and formed Yeddung Mura, starting with volunteers and a $1,000 donation from the local church.
Source →2014
Yeddung Mura registered as an Aboriginal corporation under the CATSI Act.
Source →2020
ACT Justice Housing Program (which includes Yeddung Mura's Transitional Accommodation Program for First Nations people) began assisting clients from May 2020.
Source →2021
ACTCS launched the Yeddung Mura External Reporting Site on 13 July 2021, providing a culturally safe community-corrections reporting site for eligible First Nations clients.
Source →2023
ACTCS published an evaluation of the Yeddung Mura External Reporting Site Pilot, finding clients, stakeholders and staff were overwhelmingly positive about its case-management and reporting outcomes.
Source →2025
Yeddung Mura launched Caring Dads in Canberra (described as an Australian-first), backed by $960,635 over two years in partnership with Kids First Australia.
Source →In the record
ACT Government (Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate) · 2024-03-22
Region Canberra
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
The network
About this page
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