Restorative Justice
The Old Ways New Ways program has had a remarkable impact on the lives of young Indigenous people in WA, and this month achieved an important new milestone.
Gunawuna Jungai has received $900,000 over three years through the Queensland Justice Reinvestment Grant Program to deliver a community-led early intervention and peacemaking initiative in Doomadgee.
The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is set to resign from politics this week. Paul Papalia has served as Minister for Corrective Services since June 2023, after...
The Torch's We Sit in Circle reflects the journey of lived experience with incarceration by First Nations women, and their personal stories in art and cultural practice.
The latest report on Western Australia's Casuarina Prison reveals a system in crisis, advocates say. Key points: The latest Inspector of Custodial Services report found Casuarina Prison is overcrowde...
Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its latest inspection report on Casuarina Prison, identifying ongoing and increasing pressures at the state's largest corre...
Among the hundreds of artworks on the walls at The Torch's major annual exhibition are stories of healing, journey and lives truly changed. They're also stories brought forward within a stark reality...
A new evaluation shows NSW Police Force Youth Action Meetings (YAMs) are not working; and are even leading to worse outcomes for some children.
Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation has urged reform of the Broome Courthouse and broader Western Australian justice system, warning that unsafe court infrastructure, "chronic" underfunding of support s...
New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has slammed Broome Regional Prison as "unfit for purpose", noting "unacceptable conditions that fail to meet basic standards" at the fa...
Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) and Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corporation have extended a partnership supporting young people at risk in Kununurra.
Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state. They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. Taken from their families, their Country, their lawyers, and th...