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19.01.2022 PROPOSED REFORM FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS Young offenders may soon have an alternative to jail time, with a new Victorian drug and alcohol treatment program in the works. Read more: http://mobile.abc.net.au//new-plan-for-lawbreakin/9507776

19.01.2022 Back in July, we participated in the Law Institute Criminal Law conference. It was a very interesting day of learning and networking for the entire team. Here are some moments of our day!

16.01.2022 Did you know that we have an office in Abbotsford/Richmond? Call us if you need assistance with your case.

13.01.2022 Tim Hancock & Katrina at the Legal Aid conference

12.01.2022 Who knew Steve Jobs was a criminologist!

11.01.2022 The Government and the media have been misrepresenting the true crime rate of Victoria's Sudanese population. http://www.abc.net.au//african-crime-stats-overes/9348882

10.01.2022 Inform yourself about the new maximum-security prison being built in Lara.... https://engage.vic.gov.au/chisholmroadprison

09.01.2022 Earlier this month, the Victorian Ombudsman released a second Report that provides recommendations for our criminal justice system. What we have learnt: - Investment in mental health and drug and alcohol rehabilitation is growing, including therapeutic forms of justice such as Drug Courts although still insufficient. Aboriginal prisoners can retain the proceeds of their artwork in prison to support their rehabilitation.... - Prison numbers continue to grow, and we are spending more than ever on prisons. Since the Ombudsman's 2015 report, the prison population has grown a further 20%. The number of women in prison is also growing rapidly. - The government has still not accepted the Ombudsman's past recommendation to stop the routine strip searching of women prisoners - the only recommendation out of 125 not accepted. - The recidivism rate remains at approx. 44% and until we start focusing more on the causes of crime many of which have their origins in early childhood, education, health, housing and employment - we will not solve this problem. https://www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au//58234f59-b79c-4a62-ab38-

09.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS A new watchdog has been established to monitor serious sex offenders and high-risk violent criminals on ongoing detention and supervision orders in Victoria. Read the article and listen to the interview with former chief magistrate and state coroner Judge Ian Gray below!... https://www.3aw.com.au/post-jail-scheme-to-keep-victorians/

08.01.2022 Our very own Tim Hancock has written about his experience with intervention order breaches. Read:

04.01.2022 To the late Magistrate Stephen Myall, When the rest of society had given up on our clients, you gave them hope. You stood by these people, patiently, showing them that kindness still exists in this world. ... You gave chance after chance to those who tested your patience and you encouraged people to be the very best version of themselves. Most importantly, you taught us all how to be compassionate in a profession, where it is terribly easy to become jaded. The many lives that you have single handedly changed Mr Myall, will never be forgotten. - Ann Valos Criminal Law

04.01.2022 This panel featured a lively discussion with two highly experienced Magistrates on the committal process at the recent Legal Aid conference

03.01.2022 Victoria's youth detention system is failing to rehabilitate inmates and reduce the risk of reoffending due to inadequate facilities and services, caused in part by security concerns. http://www.abc.net.au//victorian-youth-detention-/10089928

02.01.2022 The Legal Aid conference heard from this expert on the developments in analysis motor vehicle collisions

02.01.2022 On Thursday, the Crime Statistics Agency released its quarterly crime statistics. 'In the last 12 months both recorded criminal incidents and recorded offences decreased by almost 5%, compared to the previous year in Victoria' - CSA Chief Statistician Fiona Dowsley. There has been a decrease in arson, property damage, burglary, theft and justice procedures. ... However, sexual offences, robbery, and dangerous and negligent acts endangering people and deception are increasing. Read more: https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au//media-release-late

02.01.2022 Victoria is likely to be the next state to enact a Custody Notification Service, a 24-hour legal advice and R U OK phone line for Indigenous Australians taken into police custody. Police procedures in that state already require officers to contact the Victorian Legal Service within 60 minutes, or as soon as practicable, of an Indigenous person being taken into custody for any reason. Read: https://www.theguardian.com//states-failing-to-take-up-lif

02.01.2022 We support safe injecting rooms #NorthRichmond

01.01.2022 'Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults make up around 2% of the national population, they constitute 27% of the national prison population' A new report, 'Pathways to JusticeInquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' was tabled today. In this report, the Australian Law Reform Commission makes 35 recommendations to reduce the disproportionate amount of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the criminal justice sys...tem. Read: https://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/indigenous-incarceration