Latest News Expanding Berrima: women-only prisonEx-criminal Kat Armstrong Approved to Practise As Lawyer Overview Prison is not an isolated institution, it is part of a continuum in the control of women, whether by our lack of access to economic independence, violence, racism or specific laws that target women such as prostitution and social security. The society that […]
A delegation of six Chinese prison bureaucrats from the Hangzhou Municipal Justice Bureau, visited Justice Action on the 15th November. The delegates from the Zhejiang province, China were led by Deputy Director Mr Zhang Liansheng. They wanted to know about our operations, how we represent prisoners’ interests and improve the social and mental health of
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LATEST NEWS Kenya: CURE Conference Pakistan: Juvenile Justice Systems Act Workshop Timor-Leste: Meeting with Consul-General China: Hangzhou Prison Delegation Visit China: Prison Delegation Visit OVERVIEW To assist the work of Justice Action in the local community of Australia, and to promote criminal justice worldwide, we also study the prison conditions in other jurisdictions outside Australia. Recent
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Latest News Invitation to Human Rights Watch Event 07/02/2018 – “Australia: Abuses against Prisoners With Disabilities” Overview The treatement of prisoners with disabilites within the correctional and justice system is a pressing issue. A large propotion of the prison population has a form of a disability – either physical, or intellectual. This proportion is greater
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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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