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Thursday 5 May 2022 Forty thousand copies of the pre-election detainee newspaper JUST US were distributed on April 20 to prisoners across Australia. Only South Australia has refused to accept it. Leading legal firm Allens has given the Chief Executive of the Department for Correctional Services David Brown, until COB today to reverse his decision. If he still refuses,
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The 2022 edition of JUST US has been distributed to 40 000 people in prisons in 6 jurisdictions. With the upcoming Federal Election, this issue aims to provide prisoners with insight into the values held by various political parties. We hope that this serves as useful guidance in deciding on which party to support and
25,000 copies of JUST US (volume 7) have been distributed to people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia prior to the Federal Election. All political parties contributed their statements as an expression of the constitutional right to receive and send political information. Despite the constitutional basis and right for the distribution of the newspaper,
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Just Us is the only publication distributed to the 44,000 people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia. With the fast approaching 2016 Federal Election, this issue voices the people in prisons and hospitals. Just Us gives prisoners who are eligible to vote the right to fully participate in the electoral process and have the information
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The Justice Action team distributing the 2019 Edition of Just Us Just Us is the only publication to distribute 50,000 copies to people in prisons and locked hospitals throughout Australia. The latest issue focuses on the right to education within these facilities. This issue includes statements from political parties directed at prisoners addressing a prisoner’s
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