Different things work for different people. Below is a range of comprehensive alternative treatments that Justice Action strongly believes can be more effective than forced medication for people with mental health issues. Acupuncture To balance the body’s energy system. Depression may lead to suicidal tendencies and liver issues. This form of Chinese medicine – acupuncture …
25,000 copies of JUST US (volume 7) have been distributed to people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia prior to the Federal Election. All political parties contributed their statements as an expression of the constitutional right to receive and send political information. Despite the constitutional basis and right for the distribution of the newspaper, …
Just Us is the only publication distributed to the 44,000 people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia. With the fast approaching 2016 Federal Election, this issue voices the people in prisons and hospitals. Just Us gives prisoners who are eligible to vote the right to fully participate in the electoral process and have the information …
Concession by Crown Solicitor for Health and future agreement to distribute.Collins B v Justice Health Supreme Court decision and $5000 settlement of caseCrown Solicitor letter JUST US index
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) All Australian citizens have a constitutional right to engage in political communication not limited to election periods. Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997)[1] is the leading authority for the implied freedom of political communication in the Australian Constitution: “…each member of the Australian community has an interest in disseminating …
The Justice Action team distributing the 2019 Edition of Just Us Just Us is the only publication to distribute 50,000 copies to people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia. The latest issue focuses on the right to education within these facilities. This issue includes statements from political parties directed at prisoners addressing a prisoner’s …
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress.” – Kofi Annan Latest News Breakthrough in Prisoner Education OfferingsSouthern Cross University Now Open to PrisonersRAND (Reports on the efficacy of prison education programs)Prisoner Public Education AttackedDenying Education to the Willing: The Jeffrey McKane StoryComputers in Cells Roundtable DiscussionPrison Education Public Forum FootagePrison …
“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.”– International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights …
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