Rebel Justice - changing the way you see justice
What is justice? Who does it serve? Why should you care?
When we think about justice, we think about it as an abstract, something that happens to someone else, somewhere else. Bad people. But justice and the law regulate every aspect of our interactions with each other, with organisations, with the government.
We never think about it until it impacts our lives, or that of someone close.
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Rebel Justice - changing the way you see justice
Episode 33 Speaking the Unspeakable with Eleni Psillakis of Success Works
What do we do with people who commit the worst offences? Should they be allowed to be rehabilitated and forgiven, given a second chance to reintegrate and become productive members of society? Should they be shunned forever and thrown on the human garbage heap reserved specially for women who commit serious crimes?
This week Alexandra Enuc our host speaks with Eleni Psillakis in Australia whose crime we can't write about due to an injunction - she explains her process and thinking around this ban .
Are some crimes easier to forgive than others? Who judges? Who makes those decisions to say someone is repentant and can be afforded redemption?
Her own experiences and acceptance of the life traumas she went through have led to a change of direction and career pathway and today she manages a successful business helping women with convictions get into rewarding and sustainable paid work.
We invite you to suspend judgement and listen to this brave woman's experience and how she survived and recovered from the brutality of Australia's criminal justice system.
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