ACT government commits $1.5m to programs to help keep Indigenous Canberrans out of prison

Jasper Lindell
August 9 2020 - 5:00am
Minister for Corrections and Justice Shane Rattebury, who said the justice system must not continue making the same mistakes. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Minister for Corrections and Justice Shane Rattebury, who said the justice system must not continue making the same mistakes. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

A trial program designed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families to keep them out of the ACT's prison system will receive a further $1.5 million in government funding.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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