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JA CAMPAIGNS LIST
Justice Action proposes and agitates for change in social justice
policies. To achieve change we focus, analyse and publish our views as the basis for action. Report 2009 Report 2008-9 Also below is a list of our campaigns.
Each brief summarises a position paper often elsewhere on the website.
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Read more: Current Campaigns
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Housing - COSPs - new quasi prison system |
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There has been a dangerous development of a quasi-prison system being
created around the resettlement of ex prisoners. Before enacting a new
housing law to evict
Ray (Dennis) Ferguson, he was told a COSP (Community Offender Support
Programs) would be the only place
available for him!
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Read more: Housing - COSPs - new quasi prison system
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Prisons as part of the Community |
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This is a key to JA's work.It was presented to the NSW Legislative
Council 2009 as part of the campaign against the corporate
privatisation of prisons. It is an analysis of the conflicting policies
of social exclusion and
community building, giving examples of how they conflict in practice
and offering some direction for change.
download pdf
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Read more: Prisons as part of the Community
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Prisoners forgotten humans |
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Prisoners are forgotten humans of the Penal Colony. The three day public hearing of the National Consultation on Human
Rights, ending in Canberra on Friday July 3, 2009, ignored prisoners in its program. media release
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Read more: Prisoners forgotten humans
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JUST US goes to one in every two prisoners in Australia and New
Zealand; also to every judge from the High Court to magistrate by
name. A copy is also sent to every MP in every Parliament in both
countries.
NSW Prisons Commissioner Woodham last year banned the Federal Election Special from NSW prisons. He refused to provide reasons for his decision, although 5 other states and territories accepted it without a problem.
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Read more: Prisoner Newspaper ban
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Discovering Balance Conference |
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Message to Discovering Balance Conference, Perth October 2, 2008.
http://irjpr.net.au/conference/
Justice Action shares the lessons it has learnt following Critical Resistance in San Francisco, ICOPA X11 in London, and the Victory at Long Bay in the prison hospital, Sydney.
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Read more: Discovering Balance Conference
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RETURN CHRISTMAS DAY VISITS TO FAMILIES OF PRISONERS!
"Theyve killed Santa and the Easter bunny. Lucky they cant get at God" Those words on a prisoner's card perfectly express the vindictiveness of the system. Media release
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Read more: Xmas Day Prison Visits
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Smoking rights for Mental Health Consumers
NSW Health
has imposed a smoke free policy on mental health locked facilities, removing exemptions. The vulnerable patients are traumatised. Eighty percent
smoke. We support their dignity and 'right to choose' - personally controlled since European settlement. Media release 19/3/09 Smoking submission But forced medication has increased.
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Read more: Right to Choose
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Campaigns - past successes |
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Details of some current and past campaigns
Below is a list of some leading current campaigns and underneath is a history of past campaign work.
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Read more: Campaigns - past successes
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The High Risk Management Unit
A request for an independent inspection team to examine the 75-cell HRMU at Goulburn Jail - to assess the nature and conditions in the unit and compare them to the social alternative. At the very least reassure the public that conditions in the HRMU are humane.
Submission
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Read more: HR Management Unit
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Save The Inspector General |
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