How Groote Eylandt dropped crime by 95%

Remote Groote Eylandt, home to about 2200 people, once held the title of the highest imprisonment rate in the Northern Territory. However, a community-led, culturally sensitive initiative is disrupting past cycles of offending and reoffending, particularly for young people.
Traditional Owners established the Groote Eylandt Law and Justice Group in 2020 to provide viable alternatives to potential incarceration. Since then, not a single child from Groote has had cause to be sent away to youth detention in Darwin.
In staggering results for community safety youth crimes against property or person have fallen from 346 in 2018/19 to 17 in 2021/22. The number of burglaries has fallen from 81 to just two.
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