Previous YACSA Policy Council Think-Tanks
In 2010 YACSA held two Policy Council Think-Tanks.
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 (48Kb) which was developed from the forum
Transporting The Solutions, the final Think-Tank for 2010, was an interactive and collaborative workshop to identify innovative solutions to regional transport issues that affect young people held on Friday 19 November at Berri.
The report from the final Policy Council Think-Tank for 2010, Transporting the Solutions, is here (136 Kb)