Many people return to prison after having completed a sentence. They are released and then go on to reoffend. This represents a structural failure of the justice system to create law abiding citizens and a safer community. Imprisonment itself is identified as a cause of crime rather than a solution. Justice Action has been working […]
80% Vaccination Rates in Prisons Last edited: 25/10/2021 This document has been created to summarise the potential risks for prisoners in the event that the targeted 80% vaccination rate is reached in NSW prisons. Table of Contents Introduction 2 Increased COVID-19 Transmissibility in Prisons 2 Recognising prisons as a vulnerable place for COVID to attack
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FpByrLERjA Justice Action’s Brett Collins, Jacob Grech & Rachel Evans at a speakout outside the Supreme Court of NSW. JA is assisting the plaintiffs, who are families of prisoners in their case against the NSW Dept of Corrections to force them to implement measures including the ability to social distance, mandated exercise & open air periods, computer
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Correction centres included: Bathurst Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre Clarence Correctional Centre Dillwynia Correctional Centre Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre Goulburn correctional centre Junee CC Kirkconnell correctional centre Long Bay Correctional Complex Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) Mid North Coast Correctional Centre Parklea Shortland Silverwater South Coast Correctional Centre Unknown Contact issues [Name Redacted] Inmates
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The Coordinator of Justice Action had a call with Mr Paul Baker, the Governor of the Parklea Correctional Centre on Friday 24 September regarding the COVID-19 situation at the Centre. That conversation responded to the concerns of the prisoners’ families, namely living standards, modes of communication and the lack of access to technological communications. JA mentioned that
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The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly, now infecting prisoners who are sitting ducks and many likely to die. This campaign is to fight for their right to be healthy, safe and in contact with their families and positive services while locked down. To help with this campaign, Justice Action have launched a GoFundMe Campaign Justice
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MEDIA RELEASE 6 October 2021 COVID Prisoner Release Court Challenge “A legal team has been assembled to call for the release of prisoners before the NSW Supreme Court this morning. This follows hundreds of infections, total lockdowns of all prisons and the refusal by Acting Commissioner Kevin Corcoran to release prisoners under the emergency legislation brought in last year for the purpose” said Justice
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https://youtu.be/5Z8bYHHV5-Mhttps://youtu.be/scT-WUyOMho Justice Action recently testified at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Into the Government’s Management of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The afternoon of 17 September 2021 concerned the management of Covid in the Prison system, with the 2.15 pm session hearing from prisoner advocates and the 3.15 pm session from the public servants overseeing the response.
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There is a deep relational chasm between incarcerated peoples in Australia and those who create the legislation that impacts them. In response, Justice Action seeks to be a voice for the people who have had theirs restricted. We ask the question: ‘Who are the people behind the statistics?’ To be as effective and comprehensive
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