Here on 2SER we highly value and enjoy listening to music and even making it. We understand its priceless contribution to our lives, reflecting our feelings and experiences. In the difficult and uncomfortable environment of youth justice centres, music has been shown to help with young people’s wellbeing and reform.

Alexis Kallio, Deputy Director of the Queensland Conservatorium and Creative Arts Research Institute at Griffith University, joined us this morning to explain the importance of music for youth offenders.  

If you want to check out some of the music being made in Western Australia’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre, you can click this link.