The Justice Reinvestment Network Australia Limited is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisation, governed by a 100% Aboriginal Board.
The Justice Reinvestment Network Australia (JRNA) is the community-controlled representative national peak body of First Nations communities working in justice reinvestment (JR). We speak on the authority and experiences of those communities, including our own communities, leading work on the ground and from the grassroots level. JRNA is the voice for JR at the national level with the collective expertise from established JR sites, emerging JR sites, research and academic expertise, and advocacy. This is a movement that came from grassroots communities and continues to be held and led by our communities.
This work is inherited from our grandparents and ancestors. Our communities continue to deal with the unfinished business that is the continuing legacy of colonisation. One of those impacts is the over representation across the justice system. Our presence here is to work towards ending incarceration and replacing this with healing, wellbeing, empowerment, strengthening our young people and creating better futures for our communities.
The Justice Reinvestment Network Australia (JRNA) is the community-controlled representative national peak body of FirstNationscommunities working in justice reinvestment (JR). We speak on the authority and experiences of those communities, including our own communities, leading work on the ground and from the grassroots level. JRNA is the voice for JR at the national level with the collectiveexpertise from established JR sites, emerging JR sites, research and academicexpertise, and advocacy. This is a movement that came from grassroots communities and continues to be held and led by our communities.
This work is inherited from our grandparents and ancestors. Our communities continue to deal with the unfinished business that is the continuing legacy of colonisation. One of those impacts is the over representation across the justice system. Our presence here is to work towards ending incarceration and replacing this with healing, wellbeing, empowerment, strengthening our young people and creating better futures for our communities.
Our lived experience and success stories must be shared and recognised without fear of discrimination or judgement.
We have formed JRNA with community control because we know what has always been known by our communities: Community voice, self-determination and community responsibility are at the heart of leading and solving the justice challenges. The collective power in our communities across the country working together, buildingconnections and sharing knowledge is our way, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the pathway to a better future.
In this journey we must hold governments, the mainstream and ourselves accountable, in keeping with what is true JR. To do this we seek to work in strong partnerships, which respect and centre our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing. In reclaiming and centring our way, we will together achieve better outcomes for our communities.
Our vision is for self-determining Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander communities with the resources, power anddecision-making at the grassroots level led by thegrassroots people to create healing, restoration, wellbeing,and collective strength as true justice, our way.
JRNA provides independent, First Nations community-controlled, grassroots-led justice reinvestment support,guidance, connection, resources, shared learning, andadvocacy for and with ourMembers, at any stage of justicereinvestment, frominitial exploration to implementation.
1:1 support & guidance across the JR journey from initial exploration to JR implementation provided by a network of Aboriginal people experienced in JR practice and JR advisors
Connection into our communities of practice, regular two-way knowledge sharing opportunities, external advisor networks and online community events
Member resources
Joint advocacy initiatives bringing the strengths of our collective voices for system and structural change
Building strong, effective and accountable partnerships & connections to advance our communities' needs and vision
