Landmark Alternative Justice Process Set for NT Island

Landmark Alternative Justice Process Set for NT Island
The front yard of a home in the Mount Nancy town camp at Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory on Oct. 13, 2013. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images
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Young men caught in cycles of crime fuelled by alcohol on a remote Northern Territory (NT) island will soon be able to serve some of their prison sentences on home soil.

The NT government has partnered with the Anindilyakwa Land Council on Groote Eylandt to address a growing social problem in the community.