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Clean Slate launched for Indigenous teens

A NEW program targeting at-risk Indigenous youth was launched this month by Redfern police, Centrelink and Indigenous men’s group BABANA reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 8 August 2009.

The Clean Slate Without Prejudice program was launched on Sydney Harbour with a group of youths from the Inner City. 

The aim of the program is to provide young people who are considered at-risk of criminal behaviour with an opportunity to alter their behaviour through early intervention, developmental crime prevention, positive relationships, support networking and behavioural workshops. 

From a policing perspective, the program is designed to reduce youth crime and identify reoffending behaviours in the Redfern command. 

Police expect the initiative to have immediate and long-term results, with Aboriginal leaders from the Redfern community and police officers volunteering their free time to play an active mentoring role to participating

Source: http://sydney-central.whereilive.com.au/news/story/clean-slate-launched-for-indigenous-teens/