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PARLIAMENTARY MENTAL INQUIRY – COERCION REJECTED 13/10/2023

Of the 149 submissions tendered to the Parliamentary Inquiry into mental health care in NSW, only the Tribunal actually making  the forced treatment orders say they are good. Last year it had 6,500 hearings agreeing to almost 90% (p25). It said:  ‘There have been many hearings where the Tribunal is presented with evidence that the […]

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COVID COURT CASE: THE HURDLES WE FACE

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

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Summary of COVID-19 Related Complaints

Correction centres included: Bathurst Correctional Centre Cessnock Correctional Centre Clarence Correctional Centre Dillwynia Correctional Centre Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre Goulburn correctional centre Junee CC Kirkconnell correctional centre  Long Bay Correctional Complex Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) Mid North Coast Correctional Centre Parklea Shortland Silverwater South Coast Correctional Centre Unknown Contact issues [Name Redacted] Inmates

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Justice Action Fundraiser

The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly, now infecting prisoners who are sitting ducks and many likely to die. This campaign is to fight for their right to be healthy, safe and in contact with their families and positive services while locked down. To help with this campaign, Justice Action have launched a GoFundMe Campaign  Justice

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Garry Page Biography

Garry Page has served 13 years in prison, between 1976 and 1989, of his indeterminate life sentence after being convicted of  malicious wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. Justice Maxwell deemed it necessary to deliver this sentence on Garry Page on account of his aggressive behaviour. Life Prisoners’ Inquiry Index Page  While he

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Robert Veen Biography

60 year old Aboriginal man, Robert Charles Vincent Veen has served more than 42 years in prison after having received life sentences on two occasions. He was convicted for two separate counts of manslaughter, between 1975 to 1983 and again, between 1983 to 2015. Life Prisoners’ Inquiry Index Page  Robert Veen’s case highlights what the

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Analysis of Submissions

Analysis of Submissions to the NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice Inquiry into the Security Classification and Management of Prisoners Sentenced to Life Imprisonment There have been 26 submissions made to the Inquiry as of 11th November 2015. Government Body Submissions – Serious Offenders Review Council– NSW Ombudsman– Inspector of Custodial Services– NSW

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Analysis of Committee – Lifers’ Report

On the 4th of April 2016, the Standing Committee on Law and Justice (Law and Justice Committee) submitted a Report to Parliament regarding the security classification and management of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment. It responded to an intervention made by David Elliot (Minister for Corrective Services) on the reclassification of lifer Andrew Garforth. In July 2015, Andrew

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