Prison ActivismImprisonment has sky-rocketed over the past decade costing more and doing enormous damage to the community
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Legal needs of prisoners forum NSW |
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This Forum was held on 14/10/08 following a Law and Justice Foundation report to improve prisoner access to legal assistance. Justice Action was present and presented a statement.
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Privatisation of NSW prisons |
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Government announcement - GEO gets the poisoned chalice of Parklea! GEO campaign brief download. Parliamentary Inquiry Report calls for 3 months pause for negotiation on Parklea. media release Government refuses. The whole community says privatisation is morally wrong and irrational. The multinationals want more crime, more profit. NO SALE NO SLAVERY! Picket line photos.
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New Zealand privatisation prisons |
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The NZ National Coalition Government has proposed privatisation of NZ prisons following the defeat of Labour in 2008. The Maori Party shares power with National and has been offered a separate 60 prisoner new jail by the government.
The multinational corporation GEO previously known as Wackenhut had controlled Mt Eden jail, called the Auckland Central Remand Prison. They also run Junee prison in NSW amongst others. The Select Committee on Law and Order received submissions and that has been the forum for community expression, as the law needs to be changed.
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Prisoners Legal Service Review |
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Justice Action was asked to respond to the Federal Government's Prisoners Legal Service Review. The following is the JA Submission
Introduction
Thank you for giving Justice Action the opportunity to make submissions in relation to the current review of the Prisoners Legal Service.
We offer the following comments and recommendations and would genuinely like the opportunity to make a further submission directed more at the present effectiveness of the PLS. In order for us to do that we ask that we be provided with a current overview of the present PLS workings including any specific annual/monthly reports.
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Recently Released from Prison |
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The Legal Needs Of Prisoners and People Recently Released from Prison
Background
The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales (NSW) proposes to conduct a study into the legal needs of prisoners and people recently released from prison. This project is part of the Foundationís broader research program into the access to justice and legal needs of economically and socially disadvantaged people in NSW. Specifically, the Access to Justice Research Program examines the capacity of different groups of disadvantaged people to:
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Obtain legal assistance (including legal information, basic legal advice, initial legal assistance and legal representation);
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Participate effectively in the legal system (including access to courts, tribunals, and formal Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms);
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Obtain assistance from non-legal advocacy and support (including non-legal early intervention and preventative mechanisms, non-legal forms of redress, and community based justice)
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Participate effectively in law reform processes.
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Beyond Bars - Are Prisons cost-effective? |
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This fact sheet examines how much is spent on the prison system in New South Wales and how effective imprisonment is as compared to other options for responding to crime.
In examining the costs of imprisonment, it is important to consider both tangible or monetary costs (including the costs of building, maintaining and running prisons) as well as hidden costs (including psychological trauma, the impacts of other family members and impacts on employment and housing). Of course, many of these non-monetary factors also have an economic cost in the long term but these are more difficult to measure.
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Prisons
