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“Corrective Services NSW’s statement that prisoners requested the ending of physical visits to replace them with video visits to ease the burden on their families is a lie. They are just trying to cut overtime.”  “We call upon Corrective Services to permit the Australian Electoral Commission to conduct a plebiscite in Wellington prison, so that […]

ABC Program on Palestinian Prisoners Update from Professor Macdonald, September 17, 2024 YouTube: ‘Rotten to the Core: Inside the Israeli and IDF System of Incarcerating Palestinians.  This ABC program highlights some of the issues we have been raising about the imprisonment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Their treatment was bad before October 7, 2023, but

UPDATE: July 2nd 2024 by Professor Macdonald We know quite a lot about the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons (at least 8,000), many without any trial, held under “administrative detention.” What life is like for the prisoners we do not know very much. Recently a whistleblower who has worked in perhaps the worst

Professor John Macdonald (Note from the author, John Macdonald: I find it difficult to write these short pieces on prisoners in Palestine; it is a very painful subject. I feel, because I have “been” for a short time almost every year since 1994 in Palestine and Gaza that I, though not an expert, am at

Professor John MacDonald Researchers: The research team of the Institute of Community and Public Health (ICPH) of Birzeit University, Palestine, the Occupied Territories Endorsement: See attached letter from Professor Rita Giacaman of the Institute Background to the research: The health and well-being of all prisoners, not least of Palestinians in Israeli jails, is an issue

Paper Chained International From 3 – 31 May 2024 At Boom Gate Gallery, opening hours: 9am to 3pm, Thursday to Sunday, or by appointment.  Showcasing prisoners’ art from Correctional Centres around the world Paper chained International Art is currently on exhibition at Sydney’s Boom Gate Gallery.   Transcending narrow perceptions, Prison Art is a growing art

LATEST NEWS Turkish Conference on Technology in CorrectionsPrison Insider Türkiye OVERVIEW A report by Prison Insider has revealed Türkiye has the highest incarceration rate and the largest prison population of all Council of Europe member States as of 2024. Türkiye ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT)

Professor John MacdonaldApril 24th, 2024 Hebron, a city in the south of Palestine, with a population of about 250,000 people needs to be seen to be believed even after visiting several times before October (literally, I had heard of the situation of Hebron, but until I saw for myself, I would not have believed it).