Landmark Alternative Justice Process Set for NT Island

Published on February 3, 2024

Young men caught in cycles of crime fuelled by alcohol on a remote Northern Territory (NT) island will soon be able to serve some of their prison sentences on home soil. The NT government has partnered with the Anindilyakwa Land Council on Groote Eylandt to address a growing social problem in the community. “We’ve still got young people stealing cars and breaking into houses in town,” Matthew McKenzie told AAP on Friday on Groote Eylandt. Mr. McKenzie is heading the NT’s first legislated community justice group, designed to advise the newly re-established community court overseen by NT Chief Judge Elizabeth Morris....

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