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Patron : His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC CSC RANR,  Governor of South Australia

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Welcome to OARS S.A.

Welcome to OARS S.A., Australia's most innovative non-government Crime Prevention Agency based in Adelaide South Australia. This web site is designed to inform and educate you about OARS S.A., its objectives, policies and services, and about broader criminal justice issues.   You can browse around extensive resources on crime and justice on this site, download documents and go to our extensive criminal justice links page.

If your interest is more personal, and require help our contact details are below and you may wish to phone or email us about your needs.   If you would like to be a part of the services team and help as a volunteer, or assist us financially, please click on the relevant links and we would be more than happy to assist.   OARS SA volunteer policy is also on this site.

STOP PRESS

PUBLIC FORUM July 24th 2008 Stephen Pallaras QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions in SA, will be the speaker at the next OARS SA Public Forum. This forum will be held at Rydges South Park at 5:30 pm. Stephen will be speaking on various aspects of the criminal justice system including Restorative Justice.  RSVP 82100815.  Public Forum Program.  

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The report from the Economic Development Board on Skills and Workforce Development in SA has been released.   This is an important document for the community services sector.  Skills Report

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A delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Justice is visiting Adelaide this month.   They are coming to OARS SA on Monday 14th July to discuss our work and in particular Restorative Justice

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Centre for Restorative Justice has been assisting victims and offenders in an armed robbery restorative conference.

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OARS SA staff presented 4 key papers to the Prison Re-integration Puzzle Conference held in Adelaide last week.  OARS SA sponsored the conference which was very successful.  For more information about the Deakin University Research on prison reintegration go to Deakin University Employment and Social Exclusion Research Group

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The Centre for Restorative Justice has helped a local High School return to normal after a major incident.   A series of student Workshops has helped repair the harms and enable everyone to look to the future with more confidence. 

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OARS SA delivers a submission in relation to the Australian Government housing and homelessness Green Paper.

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OARS SA CEO Leigh Garrett has called for a more constructive debate about the effectiveness of more imprisonment and the cost associated with longer sentences and more criminal legislation...... 

"When the cost of these incarcerations are brought to account, is locking people away for as long as we can the best way to use our scarce resources? My thinking is it's not. "We need to make a judgment about the relative cost of justice and the need for more nurses and spending on health, education and housing."  (City Messenger 25Jun08)

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The Hon Carmel Zollo MLC presents volunteer certificates to nearly 100 OARS SA volunteers during Volunteers Week.   A fantastic afternoon was had by all and volunteers were very pleased that the Minister would honour them with her attendance. 

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OARS SA has won significant funding from the Department for Health and Ageing to continue its Illicit Drug Intervention Program.  Alongside an increase in funds to continue the existing program, a major capital and recurrent grant has been secured to improve our training facilities and to develop strategies to attract amphetamine users into our treatment services.

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OARS has secured a major three year grant to develop our capacity to better identify and treat offenders with mental health co-morbidity. 

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OARS SA has won the National Award for Treatment Excellence at the Drug and Alcohol Awards in Sydney.   The Reachout Program which was developed and operated in conjunction with the SA Department for Correctional Services at Cadell Prison assisted young offenders with alcohol and drug dependencies via an innovative 13week intensive program.  The program was founded on principles of restorative justice and used art as a major part of its therapeutic intervention.

Our Vision

Strengthening communities by reducing crime and its impact.

Our Mission

We are a non government community organisation that values our clients and their diversity.  We are dedicated to the provision of excellent services for people involved in, affected by, or at risk of being drawn into the criminal justice system.

Contact Information

Telephone
61 08 82100811
FAX
61 08 82125515
Postal address
234 Sturt Street ADELAIDE SA AUSTRALIA 5000
Electronic mail
General Information:     oars@oars.org.au
Services:                     services@oars.org.au
Webmaster:                 webmaster@oars.org.au
 

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Last Updated :  Friday, 04 July 2008

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