Community justice groups
Community justice groups (CJGs) were set up in 1993 in response to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
CJG members support Indigenous victims and offenders at all stages of the legal process, encourage diversionary processes and develop networks with other agencies to ensure that issues impacting on Indigenous communities are addressed.
There are 41 statutory and non-statutory groups located throughout Queensland.
Statutory groups are established under statute in Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) communities and carry out various local strategies to address justice issues. By law they also have a role in dealing with alcohol management issues.
Non-statutory groups (which operate in non-DOGIT communities) focus on the diversion of Indigenous people at various stages of the criminal justice process and make submissions to the courts under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 and the Bail Act 1980.
Responsibility for CJGs transferred to our department from the former Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy on 1 July 2006.
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