Summary

13.1     In this chapter the ALRC acknowledges the growing area of ‘justice reinvestment’, with particular reference to the initiative in Bourke, New South Wales (NSW). It also refers to the 2013 report of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Value of a Justice Reinvestment Approach to Criminal Justice in Australia and the 2016 report of the Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Experience of Law Enforcement and Justice Services, both of which supported justice reinvestment approaches to some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

13.2     The ALRC asks if any further reforms to laws and legal frameworks are required to facilitate justice reinvestment initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.