Friday 23 October 2009
Media Alert
Official Launch: Releasing Pressure on Remand
Leading NSW community organisations agree that too many children and young people
are being held in detention before sentencing simply because they have nowhere else to
go.
In 2008, 5081 children and young people were held in custody before sentencing for an
average of two weeks. Only one in seven children and young people went on to be
sentenced to detention. Eighty-four per cent of young people remanded into custody did
not receive a custodial order after sentencing.
The NSW Minister for Juvenile Justice, The Hon Graham West, MP, will launch Releasing
the Pressure on Remand: Bail support solutions for children and young people in NSW at
NSW Parliament House. The report recommends an option for a fairer and safer justice
system for NSW children and young people.
MEDIA EVENT DETAILS:
Date / Time:
Wednesday 28 October 2009
10:30am – 11:30am
Where:
Strangers Lounge, NSW Parliament House,
Macquarie Street, Sydney
Speakers:
The Hon. Graham West MP
Minister for Juvenile Justice
Alison Peters
Director, NCOSS
Jane Woodruff
CEO UnitingCare Burnside
Jenny Bargen
Youth Justice Coalition
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Alison Peters
Elizabeth Scully
Director, Council of Social Service of NSW
UnitingCare Burnside
M: 0425 231 814
M: 0438 294 938
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