Welcome to Community Justice Coalition

The purpose of the Coalition is:

To make the criminal justice system, not just punitive, but through greatly enhanced prisoner education and rehabilitation programs, educative and restorative
To ensure better results for the money spent
To create a fairer, safer community
To oppose privatisation of prisons

COMPUTERS IN CELLS

LATEST NEWS “Eight Fingers and a Keyboard Short: Prisoners Locked Out of Learning” – Media Release April 16, 2025 Report Youth Justice Senate Inquiry Flip ...

Prison Recidivism: The way forward

2 mintue read Prison Recidivism: The way forward One of the major failures of the present prison system is the high level of reoffending by ...

Music in Prisons

Music in Prisons Paper This paper discusses the benefits that music programs have on the wellness of prisoners. These programs give inmates a chance to ...

PRE-ELECTION JUSTICE QUESTIONNAIRE 2023

Pre-Election Justice Questionnaire 2023 The Community Justice Coalition organises a questionnaire before each state election which helps present different political parties’ stances on a ...

Computers in Cells in Finland

LATEST NEWS RISE Smart Prisons Presentation OVERVIEW Finland is a lead example of the successful implementation of computers in cells. RISE, the Finnish Criminal Sanctions ...

RAPID BUILD PRISON DORMITORIES

RAPID BUILD PRISON DORMITORIES LATEST NEWS Call to postpone Analysis of Wellington & Cessnock dormitory prison environmental impact reports dated July/October 2016 Legal challenge to ...