ICPA2023-PID013 - Marietta Martinovic, Nicola Guthrie-Smith

"Between the Blue and Green": Building Community Cohesion Within a Correctional Centre

Authors

Dr. Marietta Martinovic

Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia

Dr Marietta Martinovic, (PhD, MA, BA CJA) is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice in the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia where she has worked for almost two decades. She started the first and only Australian Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program in Australia; it simultaneously engages university students and incarcerated people in studying ‘comparative criminal justice systems’. Research has indicated that these learning and teaching experiences have been transformative for all students. She is a winner of multiple teaching awards. She has established and is leading four prison-based Think Tanks and one community-based Think Tank which consult with government departments, non-governmental organisations and advocacy groups to provide nuanced perspectives on complex issues which affect people experiencing the CJS.

Nicola Guthrie-Smith

Assistant Director Detainee Services, ACT Corrective Services, Australia

Nicola Guthrie-Smith has worked within the corrections system for nearly 10 years, having started as a prison officer before moving into managing programs and education with the Department of Justice and Community Services in Victoria, Australia. She was recently appointed to the position of Assistant Director Detainee Services at the Alexander Maconochie Centre with ACT Corrective Services.

Nicola has worked in the field of rehabilitation of blind and vision impaired people for nearly 15 years before moving into the corrections system. Over the years she has developed a passion for studying ways in which the human brain can be rewired and has recently completed study in the neuroscience of leadership.

In addition, Nicola has worked alongside Professor Martinovic to facilitate the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program and prison-based Think Tank, and has been a strong advocate for including prisoners in the development and implementation of supportive programs within the prison system.

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