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 Submissions – Serious Offenders Review Council– NSW Ombudsman– Inspector of Custodial Services– NSW
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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 Corrective Services) on the reclassification of lifer Andrew Garforth. In July 2015, Andrew
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The NSW Parliament Legislative Council’s Inquiry into the Security Classification and Management of Inmates Sentenced to Life Imprisonment took place on the 23rd of November, and ran all day. The Standing Committee on Law and Justice consisted of representatives from the major political parties, and heard submissions from government representatives, major victims’ support groups, and Justice Action. All
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GIVE ME A SMOKE Banning smoking in prisons is a deliberate torment of people who have already lost everything. It is the bullying of people who are totally in government control, but it is seen as an easy political statement of being seen to be tough and increasing the punishment of imprisonment. NEWS: Schools Rehearse
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On March 11, a select group of thirteen prisoners, all Muslim, were re-classified as ‘extreme high-risk restricted’, without any explanation provided as to why these changes suddenly occurred. The majority of these prisoners have been convicted of terrorism-related offences, except for two prisoners who are still awaiting trial on terrorism offences. The prisoners’ new classification
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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 before. It will consider reducing prisoners serving total life to the status of “living dead”. They would be denied the
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Overview of Inspector of Custodial Services Report ‘Full House: The Growth of the Inmate Population in NSW’ Parliamentary forum August 26,2015 & CJC/ICJ Analysis of Report JA Analysis of CSNSW Response to Report CSNSW Response to Inspector’s Report “Full House: The Growth of the inmate population in NSW” written by the Inspector of Custodial Services,
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This cross-party committee found that prison policy should ‘be part of an integrated approach to reducing crime and premised on the principle that imprisonment should only be a measure of last resort’. While the committee was not unanimous on the need for a new jail at Windsor, it did agree that:‘the decision to build a
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Studies in the US have shown that mandatory minimum sentences don’t work. A 1997 study by the Rand Corporation’s Drug Policy Research Centre demonstrated that mandatory minimum sentences were ‘throwing away taxpayers’ money’. Prison was not only an ineffective sanction against the drug trade, it was by far the most expensive. The think tank study
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