Justice Support Services
Pre-Prison Support
Provides pre-prison support services for those awaiting sentencing and their families.
Prison Support
Throughcare Programme provides prison and prison-release support services with extensive resources.
Release Support
Throughcare Programme provides day one release support and for three months post prison support.
Community Establishment
Throughcare program provides 3-month services post-release stage to build positive habits.
Community Support
Throughcare program provides 6-month phase post-release to help clients adjust to independent living.
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Accommodation Support
Supporting detainees with transitional accommodation upon their release to their permanent accommodation in the Community Support phase of the program.
Case Management
All clients of Yeddung Mura have a case care worker. Click on the image above for details on the case management service for each phase of this program. Select the image above for more details on this service.
Chaplaincy
Holistic support to people inside and outside. Select the image above for more details on this service.
Counselling
Yeddung Mura have Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training in many areas of wholeness wellbeing specialising in justice issues faced by our Indigenous clients. Clients are also provided support to attend counselling support outside Yeddung Mura. Counselling addresses personal issues, emotional challenges, or life transitions. It aims to provide support, enhance understanding, and facilitate personal growth and problem-solving skills.
Dometic Violence Support
Yeddung Mura offers a diversion centre service, including accommodation if needed, for potential offenders to calm down and step away from anger or domestic violence situations. This provides an alternative to escalating conflicts that could lead to irreparable harm. The program includes access to a caseworker, mentor, or counsellor to help de-escalate emotions and break the cycle of violence. This service helps prevent unnecessary detention by addressing issues before they result in an incident.
Drop-in Centre
Safe haven to receive support during the day. Select the image above for more details on this service.
Empowerment Yarning Circles
In prison and outside prison, many clients need assistance with addictive behaviours, risk associated with domestic violence and help with emotions related to grief. These positive relationship programs are key through the prison and early release stages. Select the image above for more details on this service.
Family Reconciliation Support
The Release Day support phase includes planning to and ringing family connects as the first action. This support receives the most support in early days for all family members where there is existing post-traumatic stress.
Employment
Yeddung Mura supports clients to equip their clients the skills, resources, and opportunities needed to secure jobs upon release, reducing recidivism and aiding reintegration into the community. These services address barriers such as lack of education, limited work experience, and social stigma, aligning with the broader goal of creating safer communities through productive employment.
Family Community Events
Yeddung Mura put on community events which unites the community. Some outings include a trip to the zoo, bowling, ice skating etc.
Finances
Yeddung Mura provides financial support and resources to achieve independence, enabling their to meet basic needs, secure employment, and build a stable future.
Food & Shopping
One of the most challenging aspects of prison release is where the clients have yet to receive finances. Most of the time other factors like up-to-date identity are an issue. Trust is strongly established in the early days with a hearty breakfast, assistance with shopping until key logistics services have been delivered.
Galambany Court
Providing Support to justice clients with their circle sentencing recommendations. Select image above for more information.
Health Support
Supporting detainees with taking care of themselves physically and with medical needs that will assist them. Without identity, this can be a challenging time during the Community Establishment support phase.
Mentoring
‘Community mentoring program’ to provide support for detainees to adjust to life outside of prison. The mentor is not the case worker but someone who stands and walks with the clients until they can build relationships and ask for assistance themselves. During the Community Engagement phase the mentor contacts daily. During the Community Support phase, the mentor contacts weekly to encourage the client to use the Yeddung Mura Community has their support if required. Select the image above for more details on this service.
Parole Reporting
Clients need assistance with time management. In prison they have not had to manage their time, and this is a major cause of not meeting parole reporting requirements. Parole reporting can also be a very stressful time associated with shame after a person has served their time. Clients are assisted to understand that this is part of their sentencing and when complete the sentence is complete.
Peer Support
Peers support each other with their own experience. Facilitators ensure clients hear testimonies of people that have been in a similar situation who now live a life where shame is replaced with joy and one where their life contributes to others. In prison the detainees support each other also.
Transportation
Supporting detainees with their transport needs from the release day through to the Community Support phase. Yeddung Mura has huge transport resource needs as not always are case workers, mentors or learning facilitators are available to meet the needs. Resources are also required for the Pre-Prison and Community Support services.
Yerrabi Bamirr (Walk Tall)
Providing intensive support to justice clients and their immediate family members. The ACT Government-funded program helps Indigenous families with a history of incarceration and intergenerational trauma connect with Aboriginal support networks, provide housing, medical, education, and employment assistance.