A Broken System

The youth justice system is failing our young people, particularly Indigenous youth who are incarcerated at 24 times the rate of their non-Indigenous peers. This costly system ($1.5 billion annually) has a 70% recidivism rate, proving that punishment is not the answer. Community-led solutions work, but they are often isolated, underfunded, and overlooked.

The Problem

The Human Cost of a Broken System

The youth justice system is tearing apart communities and failing to provide young people with the support they need to thrive. The statistics paint a stark picture of a system in urgent need of reform.

Injustice Starts Early

First Nations children aged 10–13 were 46 times as likely as non-Indigenous children to be in detention.
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^{Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). (2023)}

A Revolving Door of Injustice

Males first sentenced between the ages of 10 and 14 have a reoffending rate of 86%.

^{Sentencing Advisory Council. (n.d.).}^{Reoffending Following Sentence in the Children's Court of Victoria}^.

Isolated Communities in Need

Mount Isa has the highest rate of youth crime per capita in Queensland, according to Queensland Police data.

See the solution

Problem. Solution.

How It Works

JusticeHub tackles the challenges facing grassroots initiatives head-on, offering a powerful platform for collaboration, storytelling, and direct funding. This is how we're building a better system.

Grassroots organisations are isolated

JusticeHub connects them, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing

Powerful stories of lived experience are unheard

Empathy Ledger amplifies voices and uses tech enhanced systems to generate insights for advocacy

Funding doesn't reach the most effective solutions

JusticeHub provides frameworks to support funding pathways to community-led initiatives

Solutions remain localised and do not scale

The ability to adapt and use what works in one community for another

Discovery

Beta testing

Jump into the two links below to see what the platform looks like and also see what is being planned.

JusticeHub beta platform

Get an early look at the JusticeHub platform's beta version.

Features list

See what's coming next – our comprehensive list of planned features is designed to maximise impact.

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Case Studies

JusticeHub community

Behind every statistic, there are real people and real communities working to create lasting change. Meet some of the inspiring initiatives that JusticeHub is proud to support, and see the impact they're having on the ground:

Sydney & NSW

Confit Pathways: Fitness for a Second Chance

Led by formerly incarcerated youth, Confit Pathways uses fitness and mentorship to break cycles of recidivism. This powerful program has reduced reoffending rates by 60%, offering a path to redemption and positive change.

Mount Isa

BG Fit: Turning Lives Around

In Mount Isa, BG Fit is transforming the health and well-being of Indigenous youth through fitness and cultural connection and reducing police contact. Participants have gone from an average of five police contacts to less than one, demonstrating the programs impact.

JusticeHub: Powering Community-Led Justice Solutions