The Nagle Royal Commission Report has been digitised for the first time and is here available. The fact that it has not been available is proof that those who were condemned by Justice Nagle for their “brutality and savagery” were never held responsible and are still in charge. The lack of safety for those in the […]
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On March 11th, 2014, the private prison manager GEO implemented a new policy that crams three young male prisoners into two person cells the size of a bathroom for 18 hours a day. This prompted the outraged prisoners to petition for an open Inquiry into its effects, who decided it, after what research and consultation,
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Media Articles: ABC News (29 July 2016): Royal Commission called into NT juvenile detentionReuters (26 July 2016): Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped nakedSBS News (26 July 2016): Facts about Indigenous youth detention AustraliaThe Guardian (26 July 2016): We act as though people in prison deserve everything they get – they don’tThe New Daily (26 July 2016): Law and order
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Mentoring: Claire Seppings Churchill Fellowship Report Biography: Claire Seppings’ aspiration to generate reformative change in the criminal justice system is triggered and motivated by her substantial professional and lived experience.• As a Social Worker graduate from Melbourne’s Monash University in 1984, Claire worked with the Department of Social Security and recently worked with Centrelink. This
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Cost-Effectiveness of Prisons This fact sheet examines the cost of the prison system to New South Wales and the efficacy of imprisonment in comparison to alternative responses to crime. The cost of imprisonment is comprised of both tangible (including the costs of building, maintaining and running prisons) and hidden costs (including psychological trauma, the impact
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Rand Corp on Mandatory Minimums Studies in the US have shown that mandatory minimum sentences don’t work. A 1997 study by the Rand Corporation’s Drug Policy Research Centre demonstrated that mandatory minimum sentences were ‘throwing away taxpayers’ money’. Prison was not only an ineffective sanction against the drug trade, it was by far the most
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Justice Reinvestment is a proposed strategy that places an emphasis on preventative remedies by providing local communities with the resources they need to address the underlying causes of crime in their area. Evidence has shown that the most effective programs for reducing recidivism and providing a better life outcome for offenders are those administered by
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Graphic footage aired on the ABC’s Four Corners Program has shed light on the brutal mistreatment of young boys in the juvenile justice system between 2010 and 2015. Detainees as young as thirteen were repeatedly stripped naked, thrown against walls, kneed and knocked to the ground, forcefully restrained, placed in solitary confinement for extended periods and sprayed
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OVERVIEWAbout 400 activists, academics and ex-prisoners participated in the ICOPA 18 conference based at Birkbeck campus of the University of London. It was hosted by the Department of Criminology Birkbeck University of London, Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative, the Open University, and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Other participating organisations were the Action
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