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Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has exposed the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the Juvenile Justice System between 2010 and 2015. The Four Corners footage showed detainees as young as thirteen being repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and…
Read more: Media Release: Northern Territory Juvenile Justice Exposure
Media Articles:
ABC News (29 July 2016): Royal Commission called into NT juvenile detention
Reuters (26 July 2016): Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped naked
SBS News (26 July 2016): Facts about Indigenous youth detention Australia
The Guardian (26…
Read more: Media Summary: Northern Territory Juvenile Justice Exposure
Community Justice Coalition (CJC) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) are presenting a public forum on Prisoner Education.
Several key speakers including Shadow Minister Guy Zangari MP, The Greens Spokesperson David Shoebridge MLC, Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia…
Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has shed light on the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the juvenile justice system between 2010 and 2015. Detainees as young as thirteen were repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and knocked to the ground,…
On the 4th of April 2016, the Standing Committee on Law and Justice (Law and Justice Committee) submitted a Report to Parliament regarding the security classification and management of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment. It responded to an intervention made by David Elliot (Minister for…
Analysis of Submissions to the NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice
Inquiry into the Security Classification and Management of Prisoners Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
There have been 26 submissions made to the Inquiry as of 11th November 2015.
Government Body…
NSW Legislative Council's Standing Committee on Law and Justice: Inquiry into the Security Classification and Management of Prisoners Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
This NSW Parliamentary Inquiryis about to consider a proposal for exclusion and punishment more severe than ever…
This unique analysis compares the treatment of zoo animals and prisoners. The findings reveal that Taronga Zoo's gorillas are given twenty four times more space than people held inside the private Parklea prison.
This research shows that zoos have stringent safeguards maintaining much higher…
Justice Action has endeavoured to improve the conditions of prisoners right across Australia. The following are some of the issues that we deal with:
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Treating Us Worse Than Animals: Comparing the conditions of zoos and prisons |
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When people are arrested their ability to keep control of property is limited. The successful campaign in NSW has ensured this right remains safeguarded.
After thirty-five years of fulfilling this obligation, in 2013 Corrective Services NSW discontinued funding for The Prisoners Aid…
Prisoners in NSW are at risk of losing all of their personal possessions held in storage, from the time of their arrest. They were given less than two weeks notice to arrange for a person outside to collect their stored items or risk having them destroyed or sold. This situation occurred due to a…
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