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Backing Bourke: An intro to decarceration

  • Student Enrichment Centre, Law Building (map)

Join PILN on Tuesday 13 August in the Student Enrichment Centre (Law Building) to watch and discuss the 2018 Four Corners episode 'Backing Bourke: An outback town's bold experiment to save its young people from a life of crime'. This 45-minute episode follow's Bourke's bold justice reinvestment program whereby money is shifted out of prisons and into community.

Whilst discussions of criminalisation are rife in our legal education, there is a lack of conversations surrounding alternative criminal justice models. PILN is aiming to fill that gap. This workshop is intended to provide some context to decarceration as an alternative to the current carceral model in Australia. It is a precursor to our upcoming event Unlocking Justice – A Decarceration Symposium, on the evening of August 20th. We hope that you will join us on August 13th to discuss what decarceration could look like in Australia in preparation for this groundbreaking event.

As always, free bevvies and food are provided!

Register via the link below:

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