Inmate Facts Most inmates are male, as females make up only 6% of the inmate population. 19% of male inmates and 32% of female inmates are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, compared with 2% of the general community in NSW. 50% of males and 30% of females warrant mental health referral for major depression. 40%
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The Victory for the Long Bay mental patients time out of cells isn’t over! Campaign report. It went to Parliament for an Urgency Debate on 12/11/08, and we had the majority. But Minister Hatzistergos’ promises were not kept. Media release 2nd Dec Patient statement Over recent weeks, concerns were expressed that there would be delays in the transfer of
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I can speak from first hand experience about the lack of health care within the prison service, albeit from the perspective of the much over populated female estate. The job of being a prison doctor is hard. Many inmates are drug users or self harmers. They pull fast ones to get legal prescriptions to alleviate
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A new report commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has highlighted that the role of Australia’s prisons need far greater levels of accountability and transparency, as well as a much stronger commitment to providing effective programs and treatment for people with drug and alcohol issues if we are to see any change
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Justice Action Report AMC PRISONERS’ CONSULTATION: November 8, 2011 This Report was prepared following an all day Consultation with Alexander Maconachie Centre(AMC) prisoners. It was conducted by community members with special experience and standing in the prisoner and general community. Participants were: Kat Armstrong, Robert Barco, Brett Collins, Kiki Korpinen, Christopher Puplick, and Julie Tongs.
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EXTRACTS FROM PRISON REPORTS ON SMUGGLING OF CONTRABAND AND ATTITUDE OF PRISONERS TO A PRISON NSP Burnet Report:External component of the evaluation of drug policies and services and their subsequent effects on prisoners and staff within the Alexander Maconochie Centre Final Report, April 2011 (Burnet Institute Report) at https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5815977= These quantitative data on drug use histories
Just Us September 2005 Vol:2 Issue 1 TIME FOR BLUE AND GREEN TO COME TOGETHER OVER HEP C Australia’s government and community health organisations have reason to be proud over how they faced the threat of HIV/AIDS together in the 1980s. Officials, health workers and activists worked to provide harm minimisation resources to the stigmatised,
Submission regarding Moore Report – Implementation of a Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) (read as pdf) Justice Action is a community-based organisation of criminal justice activists. We are consumers, prisoners, academics, and victims of crime, ex-prisoners, lawyers and general community members dedicated to making a change. We believe that meaningful change depends upon the free
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Implementation of a Needle and Syringe Program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (pdf) The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) was engaged by the ACT Government in May 2011 to investigate and report on models for the implementation of an NSP in the AMC. The project also entailed an assessment of barriers to implementation and broad
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