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Evidence Against Forced Medication

Harrow M, Jobe TH, Tong L. (2021). Twenty-year effects of antipsychotics in schizophrenia and affective psychotic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 1–11.This is a particularly damning study against the use of forced medication. This study investigated, over a 20-year period, the effect of antipsychotic medication upon a large number of patients suffering schizophrenia. The particularly damning finding […]

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Nathan Chetty

OVERVIEW Nathan Chetty is a gentle person of Indian-Fijian descent, who is almost blind. Nathan had been traumatised following threats from a family member. In 2015 he was accused of pulling overhead electrical wires while standing on the car in the garage, responding to a perceived threat of electrical damage. Since 2015 he has been

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Kenyan Conference on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

LATEST NEWSPresbyterian Mission Media Release on the Naivasha Prison VisitNAIROBI DECLARATION FOR DETAINEE TELECOMMUNICATION RIGHTSReport: The 9th International CURE ConferenceKenya CURE Media ReleaseWorking Document for Kenya CURE Conference 2023 OVERVIEW Pan Africa CURE, a “continental chapter of International CURE”, will be hosting the 9th International Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) Conference on Human

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SA Prisons doubles down on election newspaper.

Media release: Tuesday May 10, 2022 Correctional Services SA CEO David Brown has identified in a two page letter why he refuses to let SA prisoners read the pre-election paper JUST US. Forty thousand copies have been accepted in all other Australian jurisdictions. He said he believes that The Greens statement that ‘The (legal) system is…often, it’s simply racist’ is ‘provocative

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Just Us South Australia Court Challenge

Latest news Media release: SA prisoners to receive Election Newspaper (14 May 2022)Corrections Department back down on eve of Supreme Court showdown (13 May 2022)Media release: SA prisons double down on election newspaper (10 May 2022)Legal battle over South Australian prisoners blocked from election information (SBS, 8 May 2022)South Australia’s corrections department facing legal action

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Media Release: SA prisons/Election newspaper court challenge

Thursday 5 May 2022 Forty thousand copies of the pre-election detainee newspaper JUST US were distributed on April 20 to prisoners across Australia. Only South Australia has refused to accept it. Leading legal firm Allens has given the Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services David Brown, until COB today to reverse his decision. If he still refuses,

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JUST US Vol. 9

The 2022 edition of JUST US has been distributed to 40 000 people in prisons in 6 jurisdictions.  With the upcoming Federal Election, this issue aims to provide prisoners with insight into the values held by various political parties. We hope that this serves as useful guidance in deciding on which party to support and

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COVID COURT CASE: THE HURDLES WE FACE

On March 14th 2022, Justice Action received correspondence from Senior Solicitor Tom Allchurch, on behalf of the Commissioner of Corrective Services, regarding the ongoing proceedings pertaining to the Supreme Court case of COVID-19 in NSW prisons.  The Commissioner of Corrective Services has labelled the proceedings as ‘untenable and nugatory’ due to two reasons. Firstly, the Court

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Justice Action Year in Review 2021

The 2021 year has been very successful despite all the disturbances. * Lobbied for a National Database into Deaths in Custody * Published a Report condemning forced medication on vulnerable individuals as a breach of the Optional Protocol for the Convention Against Torture * Initiated legal proceedings to challenge governments’ entitlement to hold people in prisons in breach of COVID-19 Public Health Orders 

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