DEINSTITUTIONALISATION: Why community living has been accepted as the appropriate model. CONTENTS (click for pdf) 1. Introduction 2. History of Deinstitutionalisation – International Origins – History of Deinstitutionalisation in Australia 3. Models of Deinstitutionalisation 4. Public Policy Reasons for Deinstitutionalisation – Human Rights – Costs of institutionalisation 5. Australian Reference Articles – Hobbs 2000 – Owen 2004 […]
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Media release: Friday December 18, 2020 All mental health authorities across Australia have responded in this Report about the forced medication of 74 year old mother of five Kerry O’Malley. Her case was won in the Supreme Court. It was illegal abuse of a gentle woman. The injections caused severe side effects. She was accused of sitting in a
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Friday, 18 December 2020 The Supreme Court victory in the Kerry O’Malley case has exposed the abuse of vulnerable people by the Australian mental health system. Her treatment highlights the disrespect offered to consumers in the current system. This report documents the responses of the key decision makers to a challenge on the central policy
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Friday, 18 December 2020 Introduction This report details the responses of mental health authorities and consumer organisations to the efforts to stop the forced medication of Ms. Kerry O’Malley. The treatment she experienced highlights the disrespect towards consumers by the Australian mental health system. It exposes consumer powerlessness despite the rhetoric and money spent, intended
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Victims have the ability to submit Victim Impact Statements prior to sentencing. During the process of security reclassification, they may also make submissions to the Review council regarding the change, which must be considered by the Review Council before it makes a decision.[11] However, Corrective Services has the final responsibility for dealing with offences after
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David Elliott’s revocation of Garforth’s classification decision could be viewed as an act of political opportunism. After Ms Simpson sparked public outrage about Garforth’s reclassification, Elliott made a number of statements; arguing that “this [the reclassification] is not what this government was elected for” and also that “it is essential that any reclassification of prisoners
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The responsibility of the state was made clear following the criminal trial of Andrew Garforth. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in 1993 for the rape and murder of Ebony Simpson in 1992. The loss of her daughter has understandably been hardest felt by Ebony’s mother, Christine Simpson. In July
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Every crime involves commission of a legal wrong, and involves a perpetrator and one or more victims. Crime victims are people who have been “threatened, harmed or killed, by another person”.[2] The central focus in the aftermath should always be community compassion, recognising the experience of the victim of the crime. The needs of the victim
A victim is someone who has suffered a loss, possibly having been harmed as a result of some accident, crime or other action. The loss they suffer may be physical, through some external injury to the body. The loss may also be mental or intellectual, perhaps through bullying or other verbal attack, or through a