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Community Restorative Centre (CRC) is a NSW community organisation dedicated to supporting people affected by the criminal justice system, particularly prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families and friends. Our staff offer personal and practical assistance such as counselling, accommodation, a subsidised transport service, a court support service, outreach to prisons, and information, advice and referrals.

Big Dave and Wiradjuri Man Pug D AKA Dougie Doug on Jailbreak

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A story too amazing to be true, coming up on Jailbreak!  A moment of generosity and a passion for 2pac that forged a friendship on the inside and dreams of making it big one day!

The truth and nothing but the truth about Big Dave and Wiradjuri Man Pug D AKA Dougie Doug!!  

Tuesday 21st of May - Sydney’s 2SER 107.3 FM 6.30pm; Melbourne’s 3CR 885 AM 9.30 am; Canberra’s 2XX 98.3 FM 10.30am

 
- Monday 20th May 2013 -

Transitional AOD Project

The Community Restorative Centre has been successful in getting grants from health departments to deliver the new Transitional Alcohol and Other Drugs Project.

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The Transitional Alcohol and Other Drugs Project works with groups who have historically fallen through the gaps in terms of AOD service provision.  The use of outreach counselling is intended to address the barriers to accessing drug and alcohol services that people with complex needs regularly experience. People with criminal justice histories in conjunction with mental illness and/or cognitive impairment are the core focus of this project. So too are Aboriginal people (with criminal justice histories) and women with dependent children (with criminal justice histories). Eligibility to the project is dependent on the presence of the complex needs outlined above. Transitional AOD workers will meet with clients approximately one month before they are due to be released to identify post release AOD issues. Workers will support clients for up to three months with the aim of linking clients with mainstream AOD services where required, establishing ongoing support and thus reducing the likelihood of clients re-offending and returning to prison.

Office Hours

 

Contact CRC Broadway Office, Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm (closed Wed)

Area Serviced

 

Sydney Metropolitan

Cost of Service

 Nil

Referral Required

Yes

In the first year of the project from November 2012 until November 2013, referrals will occur internally via CRC projects.

In the second year of the project from November 2013, referral options will be explored from Corrective Services, Connections, the ADHC Community Justice Project, and Alcohol and Other Drug services requiring additional support to provide their service to a complex needs client.

You may contact us for more information on this service.

What We Do

We Help Ex-Prisoners

Life for ex-prisoners can be extremely difficult. Many experience problems with housing, employment, finances, relationships, drugs and alcohol and mixing with other people.

CRC can help people resettle into communities by providing direct services as listed under our Services section on this site. Ex-prisoners are also welcome to call CRC to discuss resettlement issues any time after their release.

CRC provides support services to people making the stressful transition from prison to the wider community. We aim to reduce the incidence of people re-offending and returning to prison. We provide three months of pre-release support and information to prisoners. The program also operates for up to one year after release and can help with employment, health, finances, housing, identification, and debt issues.

There are also a number of organisations that can provide help and support over the long-term or in crisis situations.

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We Assist Families

The families and friends of prisoners are often as invisible to the outside world, as the people they know who are serving time. They constitute a unique group as whilst they are not prisoners, they are also not completely ‘outside’ the prison system. They are often entwined with the police, the courts and Corrective Services and they frequently spend a considerable amount of time travelling to and from correctional centres in order to spend time with their person inside.

Imprisonment affects families socially, emotionally and materially. Family members often describe feeling that they are serving a sentence along with the inmate. Partners and families of people in prison have to negotiate a complex range of changed circumstances whilst their loved one is in custody and a whole new set of challenges when their person is released.

When somebody goes to prison, it can be an extremely traumatic time for those left behind.

CRC Family Support Service can ease these troubled times by providing information, advice and support to families from the courts through to release. We’re never more than a phone call away.

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