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Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people

Hilton Hotel, Sydney
09 October 2001

Hilton Hotel, Sydney
8-9 October 2001

This conference was organised by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with the Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales.

Contents

• Introduction
• Conference papers
• Key speaker profiles

Introduction

This conference addresses best practice interventions in juvenile and adult corrections for Indigenous people. Topics covered include best practice examples in: offending behaviour programs; educational programs; cultural programs; suicide prevention; health care; substance abuse programs; and administration. In addition, the conference addresses methods of diverting Indigenous offenders from detention and prison, including: remand; sentencing options; and community corrections.

Conference papers

Keynote addresses

• Future directions in corrections
  Dr Leo Keliher, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales
• Serving Indigenous corrections (Presentation not available)
  Tauto Sansbury, Aboriginal Justice Advocacy Committee (AJAC), South Australia; and National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (NAJAC)

Alternatives to imprisonment

Chair: Lorraine Robinson, Department of Families, Queensland

• "You say you hear us, but are you really listening or are we just noise in the distance?"
  Noritta Morseu-Diop, ATSI Legal Services, Queensland
• Residential alternatives for Indigenous offenders
  Assoc Prof Chris Cunneen, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney
• Aboriginal women deserve better (Presentation not available)
  Debbie Kilroy, Sisters Inside Inc., Queensland

Managing corrections

• Aboriginal prisoners: ACT Government's new prison
  Fred Leftwich, Candidate, ACT Legislative Assembly, Australian Capital Territory
• Introduction/announcement to proceed with an ACT correctional facility
  Vicki Dalton, ACT Prison Project, Department of Corrective Services, Australian Capital Territory

Programs and interventions

• Characteristics of Indigenous injecting drug users in Sydney: gender, prison history and treatment experiences
  Carolyn Day and Dr Kate Dolan, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
• Alcohol and Other Drug, HIV, Health Promotion Service (AOD&HHPS)
  Les Bursill and Zoe deCrespigny, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales
• Hepatitis C awareness workshops at Port Augusta Prison for Indigenous inmates
  Anton Colman and Ian Crombie, Department for Correctional Services, South Australia

• Opening address
  Senator The Hon. Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs

Panel: making programs culturally appropriate - what we have learnt 10 years after the Deaths in Custody Inquiry

• Culturally appropriate programs in the Queensland Department of Corrective Services (Presentation not available)
  Darcy Turgeon, Department of Corrective Services, Queensland
• Cultural program initiatives (Presentation not available)
  Pat Maurer, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales
• Managing wholistic approaches
  Winsome Matthews, Chair, Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council, New South Wales; and Project Development Officer, Indigenous Women's Program

Panel: Community corrections and diversion programs: addressing issues in the community that lead to contact with the criminal justice system

• Introducing fairness: Aboriginal community sentencing tribunals
  Michael Mansell, Aboriginal Legal Service, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
• Diverting ATSI young offenders from court and custody in New South Wales - practices, perspectives and possibilities under the Young Offenders Act 1997
  Jenny Bargen, Youth and Justice Conferencing, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales
• Koori Women's Mentoring Program
  Justin Mohamed, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative, Victoria

Alternative dispute resolution

Chair: Rhonda Booby, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales

• Dispute resolution at best practice intervention
  Chrissiejoy Marshall, University of New England, New South Wales
• Juveniles - imprisonment and detention - easy options to complex issues - exploring socially just options and avoiding crime creation
  Liz Curran, La Trobe University, Victoria
• Towards aboriginal courts (Presentation not available)
  Dr Mark Harris, La Trobe University, Victoria

Best practice in adult corrections for American Indians in the United States

• Best practices – culture in healing (Presentation not available)
  Dr Jan Gossage, University of New Mexico
• Assessing suicide risk among detained native American and non-native American populations (Presentation not available)
  Assoc Prof Margaret Severson, University of Kansas
• The interrelationship of drugs and alcohol to crime in Indian Country (Presentation not available)
  Dr Jan Gossage, University of New Mexico

Diversions and interventions

Chair: Pip Wisdom, Office of the Correctional Services Commissioner, Victoria

• Can't wait to get out and drive past the cops! This time I'll have a licence. Pre-release programs in NSW correctional centres: driver education at Mannus
  Allison Jones and Deirdre Hyslop, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales
• Indigenous programming in correctional settings: a national and international literature review
  Robin Jones, Fellow, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne; and CORE - the Public Correctional Enterprise, Victoria
• Indigenous Sex Offender Treatment Programme
  Marion Lees, Townsville Correctional Centre, Queensland

Maintaining effective programs - where are the champions?

• Innovations in program delivery for Indigenous offenders
  Helen Ringrose, Department of Corrective Services, Queensland
• Best practice in program delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders
  Bino Toby, Ending Family Violence Program, Department of Corrective Services, Queensland
• Maintaining programs for Aboriginal offenders in Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide Women's Prison and Elizabeth Community Corrections, South Australia
  Alma Ridgway, Yatala Labour Prison and Adelaide Women's Prison, South Australia
• Aboriginal Over-Representation Project
  Hilary MacWilliam, Aboriginal Policy and Services, Department of Justice, Western Australia

Panel: Drug and alcohol interventions for Indigenous people

• Interventions for Indigenous Australians: the broader context
  Dennis Gray and Brooke Sputore, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology; and Assoc Prof Sherry Saggers, Institute for the Service Professions, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
• 'NO MORE' No more grog, no more shame, no more hurt, no more pain (Presentation not available)
  Linda Pfeiffer, Drugs Summit Co-ordinator, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales
• Diversionary programs for all young Indigenous offenders (Presentation not available)
  Eddie Taylor, Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council, Northern Territory

Self-determination

• Self determination and Aboriginal imprisonment
  Richard Edney, Aboriginal Legal Service, Victoria
• Breaking the cycle: a community initiative
  Erykah Kyle, Community Activist, Palm Island, Queensland

Managing corrections

• Rekindling the spirit: an appeal to the heart
  Eddie Ozols, Lismore District Office, Probation and Parole Service, New South Wales
• Community healing processes: investments and benefits
  Ed Buller, Aboriginal Corrections Policy Unit, Solicitor General Canada

Juvenile justice

• Victorian programs for young Indigenous people 'at risk'
  Anthony Lovett and Kerry Stringer, Juvenile Justice Section, Department of Human Services, Victoria; and Lynne Parker, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative, Victoria
• Young people in a detention sexual health project (Presentation not available)
  Tara Hunter, Central Sydney Area Health Service, New South Wales; and Una Champion, Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales

Monitoring

• The monitoring of Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia
  Lisa Collins, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Best practice in data collection (Presentation not available)
  Joanne Sangster, Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Why is 'best practice' not enough? (Presentation not available)
  Ray Jackson, Indigenous Social Justice Association

Programs in interventions

• Education provided by TAFE NSW Western Institute to the Indigenous population in the correctional centres
  Janice Navin and Ian Kennedy, Western Institute of TAFE, New South Wales
• ANTA innovative grants in adult literacy at the Girrawaa Creative Works Centre
  Kinga Macpherson, Frank Saunders and Ian Kennedy, Western Institute of TAFE, New South Wales
• Risk of violent re-offending: do indigenous male offenders have different risk characteristics? (Presentation not available)
  Deborah Dawson, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia

Juvenile justice: programs and interventions

• Building capacity of Indigenous young offenders - community partnerships
  Michael Currie, Youth Justice Directorate, Department of Families, Queensland
• Parkville Youth Residential Centre - Indigenous Garden Project/Program
  Veronica Hunt, Department of Human Services, Victoria
• Partnership - a best practice intervention in corrections for Indigenous people
  Lorraine Robinson and Anne Slee, Youth Justice Directorate, Department of Families, Queensland