The ACT will begin a new trial for drug and alcohol sentencing
this week, favouring rehabilitation over prison time.
The alternative sentencing arrangement will accept 35 people
when it begins, giving these offenders the opportunity to spend
time in rehabilitation rather than prison to help reduce
reoffending rates.
The trial will run through until June 2021. It is intended that
this time frame will provide stakeholders an opportunity to
implement a robust system that gives offenders the best opportunity
for a successful outcome as well as to ensure that the model is a
suitable fit for the ACT criminal justice system.
The goal of course, is to create long-term behavioural change in
offenders.
