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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Media Release Monday November 23, 2015 Today from 9am the NSW Law & Justice Committee will hold public hearings into the treatment of life sentence prisoners never to be released. Justice Action will bring people with special experience to give evidence to the Committee at 11.15am. Mr Robert Veen is an Aboriginal man who has served two
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Media release Monday November 19, 2018 “Secret Victim Impact Statements (VIS) as proposed in the law before Parliament this week would deny the victim and mentally ill offender involvement in restorative justice. It is a misunderstanding of the process and must not pass. The victims’ groups agree with us”. “Passing the Bill would mean that the victim
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Media release Friday 7th December 2018 “Justice Health is attempting to rip off mentally ill patients in the Long Bay Forensic Hospital by taking their pensions. They are the most vulnerable members of society and receive the Disability Support Pension. This allows them to pull their lives together and build their future. The ALP and
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Latest News Media Release on Covid Outbreak in Prisons 31 August 2021 Coronavirus must not enter prisons Media release Friday March 20, 2020 Media responses: Canberra Times 7News Channel Nine Guardian MedicalXpress Justice Action has called upon Attorneys General to prevent COVID-19 entry into prisons. The following email has been distributed to all Australian jurisdictions. We call upon justice authorities to
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On the 1st of May 2020, the Supreme Court of Victoria released an interim ruling for the case of Mark Rowson, who had requested temporary release from Port Phillip Prison during the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of his susceptible health risks. The judge ordered (at [58]) Corrections Victoria to undertake a formal risk assessment
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The NSW Supreme Court accepted NSW Health’s admission that it was wrong to forcibly inject 74 year old Kerry O’Malley in a hearing on Monday July 13. The Court ordered that NSW Health pay her costs. Her lawyers Stephen Lawrence, Mark Higgins and Greg Schumer of Ross Hill Solicitors represented her pro-bono. Kerry O’Malley had
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O’Malley update – An urgent plea against forced injections fShare Kerry O’Malley has been a victim of unjust Community Treatment Orders (CTO) for 47 years. Currently Kerry faces the violation of monthly forced injections, which cause the debilitating side effects of anxiety and depression. Justice Action has been an advocate for Kerry since 2015 and
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Kerry’s case has just been published by the Mad in America Blog – the most important in the world. That provides a worldwide audience for her battle for respect. She is also featured at the top of their Weekly Newsletter.See image below. Kerry’s Index page
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