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.