Thursday Aug 14th. Media release Prison officers and Corrective Services are before the Industrial Relations Commission today. The 6 day strike was lifted to negotiate. It was about the effects of the reduced staffing at the Long Bay Hospital. It means that Justice Minister Hatzistergos has the total Long Bay prison community in crisis due […]
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More Lies: Parliamentary Committee Hearing Findings At the General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 (Justice, Juvenile Justice) meeting held on 17 November 2006, Greens MP Ms. Rhiannon raised the concern that the Minister of Justices representative Mr. McLean misled the 28 August 2006 inquiry. Mr. McLean essentially claimed that the inmates had requested the changes
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In March 2008, Justice Action received a letter from Mr. Barry Collier MP, assistant to the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, in which he responded to the ongoing, restrictive visitation system currently in place at Emu Plains Correctional Centre. Having been in regular contact with inmates, former inmates, and their familiesthose who are experiencing
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September 8, 2007.JUSTICE ACTION representing convicts in the host Penal Colony of Australia, having regained their right to political expression returning the prisoner vote in the High Court of Australia, now exercise that right of political expression. Torture is the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) nations’ norm said Justice Action spokesperson Brett Collins today. We prisoners
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In the High Court decision made on the 30th of August 2007 prisoners serving a sentence of less than 3 years won back their right to vote. In light of this decision JA has taken continued action to ensure that eligible prisoners have the opportunity to enrol and vote in the upcoming 2007 Federal election.
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We held the line! News release Sept 25 News report Statement After a six month campaign responding to a petition from mental patients held in the Long Bay prison hospital, the government has passed control from Prisons to Health. This acknowledges the rights of mental patients to treatment. Since April 1 they were locked in
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Details of some current and past campaigns Below is a list of some leading current campaigns and underneath is a history of past campaign work. Details of some current campaigns 1. Youth Crime JA/Mission Australia Partnership JA is working with Mission Australia to conduct a series of mentoring workshops for many young people in the
An End of Decade View of the Royal Commission Recommendations into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody April 1991/April 2001 In late 1987 the Hawke Government finally relented and called for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. 124 deaths were presented to the Commissioners but they only investigated 99 which occurred between 1980 – 1989. Not
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Victory for Australian Prisoners The line was drawn in the sand on this issue when the government said it would remove the prisoners vote. On 30 Aug 2007, we won in the High Court of Australia. This is a win for every person who wants to talk and listen rather than to dominate and exclude others.
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