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failing our communities, and that these failures are also evident in other jurisdictions across the country. We strongly believe the Australian Government must recognise and address the underlying factors contributing to growing imprisonment rates — particularly the rates of children and adults on remand — and implement measures to respond…

TasCOSS strongly supports legislative and social reform to provide greater support for Tasmanians to receive community-based treatment and care. Many people come into contact with the criminal justice system as a result of substance use and misuse, and the expansion of alternative sentencing options — including therapeutic models such as…

There is a volume of evidence that demonstrates mandatory sentencing is not an effective deterrent and will do little to protect frontline workers from harm. Due to the insufficient evidence that mandatory or presumptive sentencing makes frontline workers safer, TasCOSS opposes the draft Bill and recommends it be withdrawn. Rather than…