Koori offender support and mentoring program

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Koori offender support and mentoring program is a community-based initiative delivered in five communities across Victoria.

Under the program, Koori Elders and Respected Persons play a mentoring role to Koori participants who are completing community-based orders, intensive corrections orders, community corrections treatment orders or parole. To support program participants to successfully complete their orders, mentors provide advice and cultural connection.

The program is a successful collaboration between the Koori community and Victoria's Community Correctional Services, assisting to foster close relationships between mentors and program participants and increase their likelihood of successfully completing their correctional orders.

The Koori offender support and mentoring program operates in the following locations:

• Bairnsdale
• Latrobe
• Mildura
• Shepparton
• North west metropolitan.

Department of Justice Victoria abstract

Contacts

Koori Justice Unit
Department of Justice
20/121 Exhibition St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: (03) 8684 1766
Fax: (03) 8684 1726
Email: koori.justice@justice.vic.gov.au">koori.justice@justice.vic.gov.au

Links

• View information: Koori Justice Unit
• View website: Department of Justice Victoria