There are two bail houses in Townsville and two in southeast Queensland, each with a maximum capacity of four. It cost taxpayers $8,833,695 to run the program last financial year, for 112 teens, at a cost of almost $80,000 each. Leanne Linard MP, Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Estimates Hearing Parliament House, Brisbane. Photographer: Liam Kidston Despite the cost, damning figures in the report show the $31m program did little to stop teens reoffending. More than 80 per cent of children who left bail homes between January 2018 and December 2019 committed further crimes, a rate on par with youth reoffenders broadly.
The Salt Lake Tribune announces new project to support diverse journalism
Salt Lake Community College and Amplify Utah are partners in the project that will begin in 2021.
(Paul Fraughton | Tribune file photo) The Salt Lake Tribune office building is at The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City. | Updated: 11:27 p.m.
The Salt Lake Tribune is teaming up with the nonprofit Amplify Utah to support student journalists at Salt Lake Community College who will report on Utah’s diverse communities and engage younger readers.
The yearlong project, which is funded through the Google GNI Innovation Challenge, was announced Tuesday. Students will begin reporting during the spring semester in 2021.
SALT LAKE CITY In many ways, 2020 was a reminder that there are still many social injustices that haven t been solved or addressed.
Following a difficult year for the subject, Utah officials hope they can find a way to acknowledge the problems that still exist and work out ways to find solutions to them in the near future. Gov. Gary Herbert pointed to difficult moments from throughout the year as he introduced a new Utah Compact that seeks to address racial equity, diversity and inclusion.
State and community leaders hope the compact will be a guide in handling the situation. It seeks that all Utahns must have a truly equal opportunity to prosper and that economic inclusion is essential to creating these opportunities.
The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms
The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms Sadia Sharif / Staff Illustrator January 18, 2021, 7:20 PM
Columbia College sophomore Vivian Jackson shares a one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen with her family. When Columbia went remote last spring, she struggled to attend Literature Humanities while her mother, a ballet teacher, taught plies and how to stand en pointe a few feet away from her laptop. While the commute would have been easy, the opportunity to have her own room, reliable Wi-Fi, and an on-campus job compelled her to live in the dorms this fall. As one of many students who requested on-campus housing this fall, Jackson identifies as a first-generation, low-income college student. On August 14, Columbia reversed its initial decision to bring up to 60 percent of undergraduates back to campus and instead
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