Mark your calendars for two exciting Whitelion events this May
Apr 03, 2018
Bail Out
Whitelion’s annual fund and awareness raiser – Bail Out – is back for its 13th year!
Bail Out will be held in:
- Melbourne on 25 May
- Sydney on 11 May
- Hobart on 18 May
This once-in-a-lifetime experience gives participants, or ‘inmates’, the chance to temporarily step into the shoes of young people that have been in jail – and raise money for Whitelion’s important programs.
Interested participants can register online and need to raise at least $1000 bail to be ‘released’ from jail.
Upon arrival, they will hand over their possessions, be given a prison uniform, fingerprinted, photographed and taken to the exercise yard to taste a prison meal. They will then experience a mock interrogation and court proceedings before being sentenced to cell time with their gang or other solitary inmates.
Inmates will also have the opportunity to speak with a prisoner and engage in virtual reality activities, before being released for a parole party and delicious, non-prison food and drinks!
For more information on this worthy and eye-opening experience, and to register, go to: www.bailout.org.au
Youth Justice Q&A
On Monday 21 May, Whitelion will also be holding a youth justice Q&A, modelled on the ABC TV show of the same name, at Melbourne’s NAB Auditorium in the Docklands.
You are invited to come along and watch the debate and discussions live, as well as tweet your questions and comments for panellists to answer.
Moderated by crime writer John Silvester, the event will include panellists from government, academia and community organisations across Victoria discussing their views.
Youth justice has been in the headlines again recently with the supposed ‘’African gangs crisis”. Before that, the spotlight was on riots in youth detention centres and allegations of mistreatment of detainees across the country.
The Q&A will feature people who believe young people should have every opportunity for rehabilitation, as well as those who view detention as a valid last resort or that all criminals should be locked up.
Our youth justice system currently offers both detention and rehabilitation elements – the question is whether the balance is right.
Both Bail Out and the Youth Justice Q&A reflect Whitelion’s commitment not only to supporting and assisting disengaged young people, but to educating the wider community on the struggles they face which can lead to antisocial behaviours.
Purchase your tickets at: https://bit.ly/2H0K4Mc
Follow Whitelion on Twitter (@WhitelionInc) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WhitelionAustralia/) to keep up with these events and to see what we’re doing, with the help of the wider community, to make a difference to the lives of young Australians.