Reduce demand for police, courts and corrective services, and associated infrastructure by establishing and implementing specific cross-agency stretch targets, measures to achieve these targets and publicly reporting progress against these targets each year. The targets should:
- seek to reduce the need for additional built infrastructure
- focus on measures related to prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation and reducing recidivism
- expressly address over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system.
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 91 is partially supported. For further information please refer to the response document.
The Government Response notes that existing activities address this recommendation, so no further government action has been identified. IWA notes that this response relates only to reducing over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system via Closing the Gap activities. Reducing demand for all cohorts of the population is encouraged.