A cultural approach to reducing Indigenous reoffending
About this episode
The episode discusses the high rates of Indigenous incarceration in Australia and the trial of the Walama sentencing list aimed at reducing reoffending.
Indigenous incarceration rates are off the scale in Australia. For the last four years, the District Court of New South Wales has been trialling the Walama sentencing list, a program aimed at reducing recidivism.
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