YACSA POLICY COUNCIL THINK TANKS
Throughout 2010, YACSA’s Policy Council will be organising and hosting three “think tanks” on topics of interest to young people and the youth sector.

The first of these forums – Beyond Magill – was held on Friday 23 July and focused on juvenile justice issues, specifically juvenile detention in SA.

The forum consisted of three presentations.
Renae Reimers from the Courts Administration Authority spoke about court-based diversion programs for young people;
Jackie Bray from the Youth Justice Directorate of the Department for Families and Communities provided an update on the progress of the centre replacing Magill; and
Anthony Malone, from the Department of Correctional Services in the ACT gave an overview of the challenges and benefits of setting up and operating a prison based on human rights principles, using Canberra’s Alexander Maconochie Centre as a case study.

Renae Reimers' presentation is here as a powerpoint file ( 284 Kb) and here as a pdf ( 124Kb)
Anthony Malone's presentation is here as a powerpoint file ( 328 Kb) and here as a pdf ( 176Kb)

These presentations were followed by a discussion session for participants, where people had the opportunity to help set YACSA’s advocacy priorities in this area.

Here is the Beyond Magill Action Statement which was developed from the forum ( 48Kb)

If you have any questions or would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Project Officer Lucas de Boer on 8226 3080 or at lucas@yacsa.com.au.

The ONGOING CAMPAIGNS page includes the 2009 Magill Youth Training Centre campaign which may be useful for background information.

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