Toomelah Justice Reinvestment Project Evaluation (2022)
What was at stake
Justice reinvestment in remote Aboriginal community
What happened
In the remote Toomelah Aboriginal community in New South Wales, youth were experiencing significant contact with the justice system. To address this challenge, a community-designed justice reinvestment program was implemented, focusing on cultural mentoring and family support models with the goal of reducing youth engagement with the legal system.
What the court decided
Community-designed program in remote NSW reduced youth contact with justice system by 42%. Cultural mentoring and family support model. Demonstrates scalability of Maranguka model.
How the court got there
The UNSW evaluation concluded that the program successfully reduced youth contact with the justice system by 42%. This finding was attributed to the effective implementation of a cultural mentoring and family support model, demonstrating the project's success and the potential scalability of this approach, similar to the Maranguka model.
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