Latest News SA Ombudsman Defends iExpress Wayne Lines, the South Australian ombudsman, has found JA to be a multipurpose advocacy organisation. Therefore, the banning of South Australian prisoners communication to JA and thus their access to iExpress has been found to be “unreasonable”. The Chief Executive and Minister for Correctional Services have been notified. JA […]
The Hall of Shame is a place where those in power are exposed for unethical and abhorrent behaviour. Transgressions are often concealed from the public eye as those in power abuse their position, often by preying upon the most vulnerable members of society. In sacrificing their publicly stated principles, such individuals and organisations controlled by
Mental health broadly describes the level of our psychological well-being and inherently provides a basis to an understanding of our own identity, whether it be as a citizen of society or as an individual within a circle of family and friends. The status of our psychological well-being however is conditional to an infinite range of
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Latest News Peak Body’s Concerns Ignored Regarding Victims Bill Contents What is a Victim? Victims of Crime The Case of Andrew Garforth Politicising Grief Role of Victims in Sentencing and Security Classification Conclusion Overall, allowing community vitriol to be directed at prisoners like Andrew Garforth distracts from society’s compassion for victims and their families, and does
‘Dig deep in our penal history and you will find the underlying dynamics of Australian society.’ Babette Smith (2010) The history of the prisoner movement in Australia exists within the broader evolution of Australian class society. Since our transition from a penal colony into a nation-state, Australia’s problematic relationship with the past has been reflected in the formation
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Group photos with our 2018 interns from Hong Kong. Meet Wing, Myra, Albee and Sky!
VIDEOS PHOTOS Meet our 2018 Interns from Hong Kong!
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No matter how much we labour within our particular issues and organisations, it will be through the support links and networks that we build together that we will counter and overcome the resources of governments and entrenched bureaucracies. The NSW Criminal Justice Coalition Justice Action is a founding member of the Criminal Justice Coalition –
History is the story and product of human experiences, and can provide valuable perspectives into people and events, which can then be recorded and preserved for future generations. Through this process, we can build relationships with prisoners and the general communities by humanising and challenging prevailing stereotypical constructions of prisoners and their families, prison life