Our Voices Unlocked - Rocket Bretherton in conversation with Jacob Little
Description
Our Voices Unlocked features guests with lived experience of incarceration and a rotating series of hosts from the Justice Reform Initiative who also have lived experience of incarceration.
The first episode will see Rocket Bretherton (NT Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator from the Justice Reform Initiative) in conversation with Jacob Little (Co-Founder from About Time for Justice).
Our Voices Unlocked is LIVE and FREE for anyone to attend. A Q&A session is included in each episode.
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NSW/ACT/VIC/TAS: 12:00pm-1:00pm
NT: 10:30am-11:30am
QLD: 11:00am-12:00pm
SA: 11:30am-12:30pm
WA: 9:00am-10:00am
Jacob's Story in His Own Words
About Time for Justice works heavily within the prison system, helping survivors of institutional child abuse to start healing, seek justice and possible compensation. Jacob Little has lived experience in both of these areas.
Jacob grew up in a housing commission estate and a lot of domestic violence and drinking characterised his childhood. At age 10, his dad was taken away to serve a 16-and-a-half-year sentence. Later, Jacob was charged and looked at facing 20 years in the prison system. Luckily, his charges were dropped, and he only served one year in the Queensland prison system. Part of his sentence was spent in solitary confinement for his gang associations.
Jacob has now turned his life around. He is studying at the University of New England to become a lawyer with the ambition of starting his own law firm. Outside of study, he spends much of his time in the gym, running and staying active. Jacob completed his first marathon last year and is backing it up again this year. Jacob is involved in mentoring programs for young people and wants to help others who the system has poorly treated. After many negative experiences with lawyers and the legal system, Jacob aims to give others a positive experience.
You can follow Jacob and his work at About Time for Justice here:
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