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Pasifika Youth Links Service is a program managed by

Pasifika Youth Links Service is a program managed by Inala Youth Service (IYS), funded under the Safe Youth Safe Community Project, Young Offender Support Service from Justice Attorney General, QLD . VISION : To restore HOPE & bring a positive

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Pasifika Youth Links Service is a program managed by

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  1. Pasifika Youth Links Service is a program managed by Inala Youth Service (IYS), funded under the Safe Youth Safe Community Project, Young Offender Support Service from Justice Attorney General, QLD. VISION: To restore HOPE & bring a positive CHANGE to the lives of our young people. Presentation by Kalisi T Bese Program Manager, Pasifika YLS Young Offender Support Services (YOSS) Inala Youth Services Servicing the Logan and Inala areas. • Email:syscmanager@iys.org.au

  2. QLD - Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 PASSED in QLD Parliament on 18 March 2014 • Allowing the identities of repeat offenders to be published by the media. The publishing of first time offenders will continue to be prohibited. • A new offence for breach of bail. • Making all juvenile criminal histories available in adult courts to give a Magistrate or Judge a complete understanding of a defendant’s history • Removing detention as a last resort to give the court more discretion during sentencing • Transferring juvenile offenders to adult correctional centres when they reach 17 years of age if they have six or more months of their sentence remaining.

  3. Criminal Justice System transactions and costs as individuals flow through the system; • Supreme Court • $7,573 • Court • Youth $3,701 • Adult $2,696 • Incarceration / day • Youth $693 • Adult $289 • District Court • $6,262 • Commnity Based Supervision/ day • Youth $35 • Adult $12 • Conference • Youth $1,961 • Adult $1,961 • Magistrate Court • $394 • Caution • Youth $1,275 • Adult $1,103 • Conference • $3,558 • Childrens Court • $672 Criminology Research Grant 2012 - QLD

  4. There appears to be key elements or trends which, both of these elements feed into predicted increase in the Pacific offending population in custodyand community Orders. Youthfulness of the Pacific offenders Seriousness of the offences committed by the Pacific offenders Community & Correctional Consultations John Morrony Correctional Centre; Inmate Survey 2002 (20) Parramatta Correctional Centre; Inmate Survey 2009 (50) Talanoa Open Community Forum 2010 - PARRAMATTA NSW (250) Southern QLD Correctional Centre; Inmate Survey 2012 (40) Kids off the Streets Community Forum 2012 – Griffith University QLD (80) Logan Alive Community Forum 2012 – Multilink Community Service, Logan QLD (60) Woodridge State High School Forum 2012 – Logan QLD (50) What are Human Rights Forum 2012; Woodridge State High School (200) Pasifika Youth Justice Community Forum 2013 – Griffith University QLD

  5. NSW Corrections Stats - 2009

  6. Tough sentencing options doesn’t work • Early intervention - Parenting Skills - quality time as a family unit. Learning to communicate to each other positively and support each other • Practical Program - i.e.: Communication, Education, Sports, Music, Mentoring and Development Program • Restorative Justice Program; Youth Conferencing - JJ’s Intervention/ or Court Restorative • Culturally appropriate Programs in Custody and in the Community - Initiative Program Support JJ’s, Pacific Offender Program, Pasifika Families Program • Funding Program for Service delivery on a LONG Term basis; with tangible and practical Outcomes. TOUGH SENTENCING OPTIONS

  7. PYLS - FUNCTIONS • Adventure Base Learning Camp • Anger Replacement Therapy (A.R.T) • Case Management • Kids Off The Streets (KOTS) • MANA Mentoring & Leadership Program • MANA Pasifika Sports Program • MANA Pasifika Creative Arts Program • Pasifika Families with Purpose and Pride (PFPP) • Support & Referral to other Services • Community Awareness & Promotion • 4EB Community Radio • Collaborative approach • Newsletters, Churches, Community Meetings, Forums and Events

  8. Pasifika Youth Links Team: L-R Andrew Faavale, Valami Waqaliva, Kalisi Bese, Jimmy Noa. VINAKA VAKALEVU - Presentation by Kalisi T Bese Program Manager, Pasifika YLS/ IYS Young Offenders Support Services (YOSS) Inala Youth Services - Servicing the Logan and Inala areas. 12 Sittella Street, PO Box 141, INALA QLD 4077 Phone: 07 3372 2655/ Mobile: 0439 670 432 Email:syscmanager@iys.org.au Web: http://www.iys.org.au/

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