Program

Reducing Recidivism by Eliminating Systemic Racism from the Criminal Justice System

Leanne Liddle – Co-Chair and NT 2022 Aust of the Year, Menzies School of Health Research

Let’s Stop Creating Prisoners: the Pivot Way

Ian Neil – Chief Executive Officer, Pivot Support Services

From Gaol to Geneva; How Changing My Life is Helping Change the System

Justen Thomas – Council for Intellectual Disability

Ben Garcia-Lee – Inclusive Research Development Officer, Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW

Complexities Require Collaboration: Accordwest’s Approach

Merinda Robertson – Release Support Manager, Accordwest

Simone Atkins – Executive Manager, Programs, Accordwest

The Banksia Hill Detention Centre Study: Translation of Justice Health Research into Action

Hayley Passmore – Senior Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute

The Alternative to Custody Program in Alice Springs

Warren Jackson – Deputy Director, Aboriginal Justice Unit, Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, Northern Territory

“Locked Up & Locked Out” – Insights into Addressing the Holistic Legal Needs of People Exiting Prison

Paula Hughes – Senior Lawyer, Justice Connect

Leaving Prison: New Evidence into the Effectiveness of Post-release Support

Mindy Sotiri – Executive Director, Justice Reform Initiative

Overview of the Justice Map Report: Key Findings and Next Steps

Melanie Poole – Founder/Director, See Your Change Consulting

Naomi Murphy – Yarning Circles Lead, The Justice Map

Rachael Hambleton – Senior Strategy & Research Advisor, The Justice Map

Success Works. Women with Lived Experience of the Criminal Justice System Supporting Other Women into Employment

Eleni Psillakis – Program Manager, Success Works

Juanita Schaffa de Mauri – Peer Support Coordinator, Success Works

A Systematic Literature Review of Queer Youth’s Transitional Needs

Dwayne Antojado – Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University

National opportunities to improve prison mental health policy and investment

Louise Southalan – Project Manager, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation

Digital Inclusion Training for Incarcerated Indigenous Youth

Nilesh Makwana – CEO, illuminance Solutions

Supporting Young People Leaving Custody to Re-enter Education Outside the Walls

Kitty te Riele – University of Tasmania

Improving Indigenous and Mental Health in our Prisons: A Small Change can go a Long Way

Craig Cumming – Research Fellow (PhD candidate), University of Western Australia

This is Me: Prison Education, Identity and Desistance from Crime

Fiona McGregor – External Partnerships Coordinator, Department of Justice, WA

How the Beyond Youth Justice Service Supports Young People to Succeed in Their Journey Through the Youth Justice System

Keiran Dent – General Manager (Alliance, EIFSS, FDV)

Sally Green – Acting Executive Manager, Centrecare Inc

Mapping the Prison Mental Health Service Workforce in Australia

Stuart Kinner – Professor of Health Equity, Curtin University

CARE Schools, a Different Approach for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration and Recidivism

Lukas Carey – Deputy Principal – Youth Futures Community School / Criminology Academic

GriefologyTM Discovered a Roadmap Out of the Justice System

Rosemary Wanganeen – Healing Centre for GriefologyTM

Blueprint for a Better Future: Paving the Way for Youth Justice Reform

Lulkbudia McLean – Storyteller & Campaigner, Social Reinvestment WA

Sophie Stewart – Executive Manager, Social Reinvestment WA

Keynote Presentation: Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences with the Criminal Justice System: Stories that Matter

Hilde Tubex – University of Western Australia

Keynote Presentation: The Power of Art in Transforming Lives

Susannah Day – Program Manager, The Torch

Chris Austin – Indigenous Arts Mentor, The Torch

Reintegrating Sexual Offenders

Vanessa Gwerder – Senior Manager – Reintegration Services, Uniting WA

CRC’s Miranda Project: Resistance to Violence and Ways of Healing

Marisa Moliterno – Program Manager – Miranda Project, Community Restorative Centre

Jessica Anand – Senior Worker – Women’s Transition Program, Community Restorative Centre

Gail Gray – Senior Aboriginal Case Worker – Miranda Project, Community Restorative Centre

Kelly Parker – Program Manager – Reintegration Housing Support Program, Community Restorative Centre

Bianca Amoranto – Senior Worker – AOD Transition Program, Community Restorative Centre

Rhiannon Moss – Aboriginal Case Worker – Miranda Project, Community Restorative Centre

Forensic Disability and Mental Health: Complexities, Capabilities, and Competencies

Julia Douglas – Forensicare (Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health)

Louise Gallagher – Forensicare (Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health)

Restorative Justice – How Victims of Crime and Unrelated Offenders Can Help Heal One Another…. My Lived Experience

Nicole Haberley – Member, Child Sex Abuse working party/interest group

CRC’s Miranda Project, Resistance to Violence, and Ways of Healing

Marisa Moliterno – Program Manager – Miranda Project, Community Restorative Centre

NDIS Access in Prison – an Innovative Prison Advocacy Pilot by Uniting WA

Vernon Bates – Advocate, Uniting WA

Trauma-informed Practice in the Criminal Justice System: A Brief Review of Issues and Impacts

Peter Miller – Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, School of Psychology, Deakin University

Te Ngahere: A Prison-based Addiction and Recovery Programme Which Draws on Māori Ancestral Connection to the Land, its Seasons and its Ecosystem

Peter Sciascia – Kaiwhakahaere Matua (Cultural Strategy and Relationships Lead), Odyssey House

Sheena Wallace – Kaiarahi Māori (Cultural Lead), Odyssey House

Prevention is Better than Cure: OPCAT and Preventing ill-Treatment of Detained People with Disabilities

Andreea Lachsz – ACT National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Coordination Director

At the Intersection of the Criminalised Identity and Re/Integrative Ritual

Davinia Rizzo – PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne

Reintegration – Reducing Reoffending in the Aboriginal Population

John Eyre – Chief Executive Officer, arbias Ltd

From Arrest to Reintegration – Collated Learnings Around Improving Access and Support for People With a Disability Within the Justice System

Jennifer Snell – General Manager Service & Quality, Uniting WA

Mental Health, Employment, and Reintegration: the Potential of the Individualised Placement and Support Model in the Criminal Justice System

Jessica Huynh – Projects Director, WA Justice Association (WAJA)

Taryn Harvey – Chief Executive Officer, WA Association for Mental Health

Cassie MacDonald – Sector Development Manager, WA Association for Mental Health

Remote Service Delivery Panel

Chris Gableish – RAW

Kanchi Thenuwara – CEO, Pilbara Community Services Ltd

Michael King – CEO, Centacare Kimberley

GEO’s Community Reintegration Centre– Providing Pre and Post Release Support to Men and Their Families

Fiona Rogers – Manager – Community Reintegration Centre, GEO

Michael Gray – Team Leader, Community Reintegration Centre

Carey Bindjareb Program

Larry Smith – Manager Prisoner Employment Programs & Transitional Services Rehabilitation & Reintegration, Department of Justice, Western Australia

Raphael Poole – General Manager, Carey Training Pty Ltd

A United Approach

Kim Griggs – Acting ReSet Manager, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation

Todd Stewart – Waalitj Coordinator, Wungening

Daniel Morrisson – CEO, Wungening

Sally Green – Acting Executive Manager, Centrecare Inc

Tony Pietropiccolo – CEO, Centrecare

Plant a Seed

Jo Smith – Outreach Coordinator, Wellways Australia

Breaking Down Stigma

Anthony MacShane – Head of Growth, Reboot Australia

Reintegration in the Pilbara: The Remote Lived Experience

Kanchi Thenuwara – CEO, Pilbara Community Services Ltd

Tracy Flynn-Edward – Business Manager, Pilbara Community Services Ltd

The Value of Small Group Programs in Supporting Change, Loss and Grief

Mandy Cox – Partnerships and Program Coordinator, Good Grief/Mackillop Family

Panel Discussion: Jailing is Failing: Bringing About Change in the Justice System. Advocacy, Reducing Incarceration and Building a Movement

Mindy Sotiri: Panel Chair – Executive Director, Justice Reform Initiative

Denis Reynolds – Justice Reform Initiative

Rocket Bretherton – Advocate and Campaigner, Justice Reform Initiative

Leanne Liddle – Co-Chair and NT 2022 Aust of the Year, Menzies School of Health Research