On March 11th, 2014, the private prison manager GEO implemented a new policy that crams three young male prisoners into two person cells the size of a bathroom for 18 hours a day. This prompted the outraged prisoners to petition for an open Inquiry into its effects, who decided it, after what research and consultation,
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Media Articles: ABC News (29 July 2016): Royal Commission called into NT juvenile detentionReuters (26 July 2016): Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped nakedSBS News (26 July 2016): Facts about Indigenous youth detention AustraliaThe Guardian (26 July 2016): We act as though people in prison deserve everything they get – they don’tThe New Daily (26 July 2016): Law and order
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Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has exposed the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the Juvenile Justice System between 2010 and 2015. The Four Corners footage showed detainees as young as thirteen being repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and knocked to the ground. Furthermore, detainees were placed in solitary confinement for excessive
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Transgender Prisoners All prisoners have the right to feel secure and not abused. In the prison system, security and respect can be threatened in lots of ways. Guards assert their authority most harshly on the weakest, not those who are well supported by their mates. In men’s jails there are many vulnerable minorities – those
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“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”– Article 12, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and Article 17, International Covenant on Civil and Political
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August 2018 On 16 August, Malcolm Baker won his case at a hearing before the Mental Health Review Tribunal. He will no longer be forcibly medicated. In the past, Justice Action has appeared with Malcolm before the Mental Health Review Tribunal on six separate occasions to fight for his right to refuse medication. His last
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Mental Health and Video Surveillance Observation by video camera raises countless areas of concern pertaining to privacy issues. The crime reduction rates suggested by proponents of video systems, particularly in terms of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems being placed in public areas to combat criminal behaviour, are not convincing. One of the features of current
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Privacy and Video Surveillance Mental Health and Video Surveillance Observation by video camera raises countless areas of concern pertaining to privacy issues. The crime reduction rates suggested by proponents of video systems, particularly in terms of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems being placed in public areas to combat criminal behaviour, are not convincing. One of
– As cited on “Your Lawyer: A User’s Guide” (Lexis-Nexis) https://web.archive.org/web/20100501084233/http://criminal.lawyers.com:80/Criminal-Law–Expungement-FAQ.html Q: What is expungement? A: Expungement is often equated to the sealing or destroying of legal records. Each state offers its own definition of expungement, based on different rules and laws. Generally, expungement can be viewed as the process to “remove from general review”