NAAJA welcomes Royal Commission public hearings in Darwin

  Monday 22nd September 2014 The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is holding public hearings in Darwin at the Supreme Court commencing 22 September 2014. The hearings will focus on how children who grew up at the Retta Dixon Home...

Corrections Bill needs to include rehabilitation

  JOINT MEDIA RELEASE NORTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGENCY (NAAJA) CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LEGAL AID SERVICES INC (CAALAS)   Corrections Bill needs to include rehabilitation   26 August 2014   The new Correctional Services Bill gives too much power to...

More needs to be done to reduce NT’s prison numbers

  MEDIA RELEASE   NAAJA welcomes the NT Government’s announcement that the NT prison population is growing slower than previously expected.   While this is welcome, it needs to be seen in perspective. The NT’s imprisonment rate is still 5 times the Australian average...