Prisons

Meeting with Timor-Leste Consul-General 3rd February 2021

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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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Educational opportunities for prisoners

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Access to education is now available for prisoners regardless of where they are, or their previous educational experience. University courses and programs are now accessible without the need for internet or any prison administration involvement. Such educational opportunities are being offered to prisoners due to a gap caused by COVID-19 and a lack of international

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Politicising Grief

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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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Official Review of Prisoner Computer and Internet Access

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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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Media Release: Northern Territory Juvenile Justice Exposure

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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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Open Prison Project

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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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