Mental health consumers have won another battle against the use of forced medication. Kerry O’Malley is free of the label at last. But she was only one of fifteen thousand people in NSW currently having medication enforced under a CTO, being brutalised and degraded by the health system. They may or may not be mentally
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Media Release Thursday September 29, 2011 Mental Health breakthrough – hospital visit approved“In a breakthrough over two years in the making, Justice Action workers will visit patient Saeed Dezfouli in the Forensic Hospital Long Bay, at 9:30 this morning. This is the first time his friends have been permitted to see and touch him, yet
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Mental Health Crises: Proposal for Intervention A paper presented at CJC & ICJA’s ‘BEDLAM: A hypothetical journey through the Justice and Mental Health Systems’ Held on 29 September 2012 This leaflet highlights problem areas of the current Criminal Justice and Mental Health systems and raises possible solutions for the same. In a situation when a person feels disturbed
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DEINSTITUTIONALISATION: Why community living has been accepted as the appropriate model CONTENTS (click for pdf) 1. Introduction 2. History of Deinstitutionalisation – International Origins – History of Deinstitutionalisation in Australia 3. Models of Deinstitutionalisation 4. Public policy reasons for deinstitutionalisation – Human Rights – Costs of institutionalisation 5. Australian Reference Articles – Hobbs 2000 – Owen 2004
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The latest edition of JUST US – Vol 6, was prepared for all prisoners and patients in forensic hospitals in early March. The newspaper informs prisoners and patients of their rights and eligibility to vote, while also providing an overview of the law and order policy positions of the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens from
Whitewash Merten Death Mental Report Media Release: Friday December 22nd 2017 The Review by the Chief Psychiatrist following the death of patient Miriam Merten at Lismore Hospital, made very serious criticisms of the NSW Mental Health System, but didn’t make a single recommendation that would prevent its reoccurrence. The 19 Recommendations missed the point entirely, just offering more
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Latest NewsReport hearing final day July 24. 2020Report hearing seventh day February 21. 2020Report hearing sixth day February 20. 2020Report hearing fifth day February 19. 2020Barrister Catherine Gleeson scurries away November 21Report hearing fourth day of trial October 18Report hearing third day of trial October 17Report hearing second day of trial October 16 Report hearing first
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The Productivity Commission Review of Australian mental health services 2018-2020 is extremely important. Everyone associated with the industry acknowledges that all the Inquiries over many decades have not caused any significant changes. Taxpayers are paying more money with few benefits to those directly affected. Justice Action has a keen interest in the Inquiry as there
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Latest News:Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2017 Overview:Released on the 31st of January 2017, the Report on Government Services demonstrates the failure of the NSW corrections system. Firstly, NSW has the most time in cells of all Australian jurisdictions, where prisoners spend 17.5 hours inside their cell per day for secure facilities where most prisoners are held (Table
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