LATEST NEWS On World Hepatitis Day the Kirby Institute held a seminar, “Drug Use and Human Rights: The Missing Piece of the Hep C Elimination Puzzle?”. NSP refused in NSW prisons; legal challenge analysis here OVERVIEW The proposed Needle and Syringe Program at the Andrew Maconochie Centre in the ACT provides a window through which to view attitudes
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Lawyers are fighting to free high-risk inmate from Victorian prison during coronavirus pandemic Full source: Virus fears prompt court fight to free Victorian prisoner (The Age; retrieved on 1/5/2020 from COVID-19 Prison Watch, Facebook); Risk of coronavirus outbreak in jail cited in vulnerable prisoner’s bid for temporary release (ABC News; retrieved on 1/5/2020) Human right lawyers are fighting right
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Consumers Ejected from Prison Health Conference Media release Sunday June 3rd 2018 “Prisoner representation was ejected on the opening day of a four-day conference about prisoner health at the International Convention Centre, Sydney. Justice Health Chair Chris Puplick and CEO Gary Forrest personally ordered that the consumer representative be taken out as he hadn’t paid $2500 registration to attend.
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Justice Action is lobbying commissioner of NSW Corrective Services to take action to alleviate COVID-19’s impact on NSW prisons JA demands the release of inmates with medical conditions during the coronavirus pandemic to reduce their risk if a coronavirus outbreak occurs in prison. Furthermore, JA demands inmates by provided with tablets to contact their families
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The New York Times has reported that the 13 top COVID-19 hotspots in the United States have been in prisons and jails, with at least 713 deaths reported as a result of the virus. The Victorian Government’s failure to take preventative action in prisons has led to mounting concern that this statistic could soon be
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Currently incarcerated in a privately-run Victorian prison, Mark Rowson represents many vulnerable prisoners across Australia whose requests to the Government for release due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been unsuccessful. In his request to the court for an injunction for release, Rowson provided evidence regarding serious breaches of prisoner duty of care and abuses of
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Garry Page has served 13 years in prison, between 1976 and 1989, of his indeterminate life sentence after being convicted of malicious wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. Justice Maxwell deemed it necessary to deliver this sentence on Garry Page on account of his aggressive behaviour. Life Prisoners’ Inquiry Index Page While he
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John Killick is a 73 year old man with a strong sense of perception and standing within the prisoner community having lived in it for over five decades. He was only recently released on parole in January 2015. As a reformed ex-prisoner his special story is that he’s observed the desperation of lifers, understanding the
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60 year old Aboriginal man, Robert Charles Vincent Veen has served more than 42 years in prison after having received life sentences on two occasions. He was convicted for two separate counts of manslaughter, between 1975 to 1983 and again, between 1983 to 2015. Life Prisoners’ Inquiry Index Page Robert Veen’s case highlights what the
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