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 …
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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There has been a dramatic increase in Australia’s prison population in the last two decades despite falling crime rates. This is not a result of a growing population or more men and women turning to crime, but rather tougher laws, enhanced policing, and the failures of imprisonment. Data shows that individuals who are sentenced to …
On Wednesday, 3rd of February 2021, Justice Action facilitated a meeting between Timor-Leste Consul-General Luciano Valentim Da Conceicao and the President of the Community Justice Coalition and International Commission of Jurists, The Hon John Dowd AO QC. In the meeting, there were several points that importantly highlighted the agreement to collaborate and support the creation …
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AIC’s Official Review of Prisoner Computer and Internet Access The emerging use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in prisons is promised to ‘transform the daily lived experience of prisoners’, as stated in a recent analysis paper by the Australia Institute of Criminology (AIC). The paper analysed the benefits arising from increased implementation of information and communications technology …
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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 …
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 …