#JustJustice: Tackling the Over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Summer M. Finlay, Megan Williams, Marie McInerney, Melissa Sweet, Mitchell Ward

Research output: Book/Research ReportAuthored Book

Abstract

#JustJustice is a crowd-funded campaign that produced a series of articles at Croakey. These have been packaged into a free e-book. The articles and the book highlight the wide-ranging health impacts of over-incarceration upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, families and communities, and take a strengths-based approach to identifying solutions. The #JustJustice project developed out of conversations with Aboriginal health leaders, including Dr Tom Calma and the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda. It took a solutions-focused approach, and identified ways that politicians, policy makers and the wider community can tackle over-incarceration. It aims to help politicians, policy makers, the health sector and the wider community to understand that over-incarceration is a critical public health issue.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAustralia
PublisherCroakey
Number of pages251
ISBN (Print)9780987616111
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • imprisonment

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