Justice Reform Initiative

The Justice Reinvestment Conference 2025 was recently held in Mparntwe/Alice Springs and 8CCC attended the press conference with Chair of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Board, Robert Tickner, Catherine Liddle, CEO at SNAICC and Tyson Carmody from Kings Narrative. Daniel Burdon had the opportunity to ask Catherine Liddle some further questions around Kumanjayi White's recent death in custody in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.

Advocacy & Campaign Coordinator for the Justice Reform Initiative, Kirsten Wilson explains the repercussions of the recent plans to detain Mparntwe/Alice Springs young people in Darwin. The JRI is a philanthropically funded national organisation, who believe jailing is failing and that there is an urgent need to reduce the number of people in Australian prisons.

Justice advocates have criticised the South Australian government’s $277 million investment to expand prisons, saying it does little to tackle...