Vacro @ReintegrationAu
Since 1872 we've supported people in contact with the criminal justice system and their families to create new beginnings and stronger communities. vacro.org.au Victoria, Australia Joined June 2020-
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'Choose' is such an interesting word. Do people living in poverty and loneliness 'choose to go to jail' - or do governments, across the world, 'choose' to invest in prisons instead of social infrastructure and support services? edition.cnn.com/2025/01/18/asi…
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"It proves a point that there are probably thousands of other people in prison today who could be safely released." George Gascón on how getting people home from prison, and then closing prisons, strengthens communities and creates economic wealth: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…
It's fascinating to learn about decarceration efforts and outcomes in other countries. This new article (open access) charts a history of decarceration in Italy in the 2010s and provides insight into the limits of decarcerating for purely fiscal reasons: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
New self-narratives - an identity as something other than an 'offender' - are needed to desist from crime. They're core to our practice. But this new UK study finds the parole process damages already fragile self-identities and may undermine desistance: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…
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