LATEST NEWSReport Youth Justice Senate InquiryFlip the Switch FlyerSenate Inquiry submission 2024Youth Access to Computers in Cells – Australasian Youth Justice Conference 2024Computers in Cells for Youth Detainees 17/11/23Petition: Call for Computers in Cells for Juvenile DetaineesUniversity of Southern Queensland PresentationPrisonPC ReportJuvenile Justice Summit Agenda 4-5 May 2017 OverviewThe current failures of the juvenile justice […]
Beyond Bars – Crime Fact Sheet It is often taken for granted in popular and media debate that we are experiencing a ‘crime wave’. The threat of a ‘crime wave’ seems to plague our TVs and newspapers. Criminals rule the streets! Our children aren’t safe! Crime rates are soaring!. Actually, it’s a bit more complicated.
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Latest News Chemical restraint definitionChief Psychiatrist Misleading Communique – 28 August 2023Resources Against Forced MedicationNathan Chetty: His StoryTackling Your CTOCommunity Treatment OrdersCall for withdrawal of the Chief Psychiatrist’s Communique – 2014Stopping Forced Medication in Prisons.Victorian Royal Commission: Analysis of ReportForced Medication Rejection ReportNegotiations With Key Decision Makers Regarding Their Policy StatementsMental Health Lobbying Report – 09
Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has exposed the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the Juvenile Justice System between 2010 and 2015. The Four Corners footage showed detainees as young as thirteen being repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and knocked to the ground. Furthermore, detainees were placed in solitary confinement for excessive
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The issue about who controls the services for vulnerable people is very significant. Latest newsSuzette’s LessonCallan Park Mental Health Consumer ProjectProductivity Commission Mental Health Inquiry 2020Women’s Justice Network Takeover Productivity Commission – JA Submission July 2016 Identifying Sector for Reform OverviewThe Productivity Commission in 2011 proposed the NDIS for disabled people, giving them the choice of
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International Prisoners’ Justice Day August 10, marks the anniversary of the 1974 death of Eddie Nalon, a prisoner who bled to death in a solitary confinement unit at Millhaven Maximum Security Prison, Canada, when the emergency call button in his cell failed to work. An inquest later found that the call button in that unit
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Unfortunately, society in general and prison authorities, in particular, treat prisoners as outcastes(The Dalai Lama, 1999) ObjectivesTo provide community input into the NSW prison system in order to: Improve public perception of the criminal justice system. Improve offender rehabilitation rates. Reduce offender recidivism rates. Improve prospects for social reintegration post release. Develop personal and community
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The Justice Action team outside the Court of Appeal on Friday 28 June 2013 Report on $36,000 Costs Hearing in Court of Appeal On Friday 28 June 2013, Justices Ruth McColl and Fabian Gleeson heard Saeed Dezfouli’s application for leave to appeal. Appeal is sought against the cost order of $36,000 made by Justice Johnson
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Tribunal supports Forced Medication Report 1/4/20 Medication Forced Again Kerry O’Malley Report: Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearing 1/4/20 See full report here Denial of Representation2 Access to Documentation3 Personal Control Obstructed4 Independent Tribunal?5 Appendix A: Selective Examination of the MHRT Annual Report 2018-96 Appendix B: Negotiations with Mental Health Review Tribunal6 Kerry O’Malley, defending against