Justice Reform Office

The Justice Reform Office (JRO) contributes to the delivery of an effective, responsive, fair and efficient justice system across Queensland.

What we do

The JRO drives a culture of cross-departmental and cross-agency collaboration to ensure system-wide, flexible, and integrated solutions to manage increasing demand across the Queensland criminal justice system.

Our priorities

The JRO promotes ‘systems-based thinking’ and innovation across the criminal justice system to address systemic challenges and support sustainable solutions. Our work is evidence-based and focuses on approaches to:

  • coordinating a ‘whole-of-system’ approach to reforming the criminal justice system
  • providing expert advice on systemic criminal justice matters
  • identifying opportunities and priorities for innovation in policy and program design
  • addressing demand pressures across the system
  • elevating the voices of victim-survivors to help shape reform
  • providing the community with information on criminal justice system demand and drivers.

Who we work with

The JRO acts as a centralised office partnering with external agencies to deliver innovative criminal justice reform. Partnering organisations include:

  • Department of Housing and Public Works
  • Department of the Premier and Cabinet
  • Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism
  • Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support
  • First Nations Justice Office
  • Queensland Corrective Services
  • Queensland Health
  • Queensland Police Service
  • Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council
  • Queensland Treasury.

Community engagement

Where appropriate, the JRO engages with the community to provide opportunities to contribute to the reforms.