Business group supports report urging NT government to back alternatives to incarceration to deal with crime

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A report looking into ways to tackle offending in the NT finds widespread support for more investment in community-led programs as an alternative to incarceration.

The peak body representing businesses in the Northern Territory is backing a push for more community-led programs as alternatives to incarceration, amid an increase in people being sentenced to time behind bars.

NTAJA governance committee co-chair Olga Havnen said tough-on-crime approaches had failed to address the issue in the NT across decades. Ms Havnen said the results of the survey of Territorians found an overwhelming majority of people in the NT wanted alternatives to jailing. The call for more alternative programs has been backed by the Northern Territory's Chamber of Commerce, with its chief operating officer Nicole Walsh saying it was important business was part of a community-led approach to the issue.

 

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