On the 24th of July 2020, the 8th and final hearing day in the case of R v Kathlin Armstrong was heard. The matter took place in the Local Court and was presided over by her Honour, Magistrate Carolyn Huntsman. The defence team for Ms Armstrong comprised Peter O’Brien and Elliot Rowe. The case took …
CJC Media Release August 10, 2020 “COVID-19 has dramatically disconnected us from each other. But for those held in prison cells it has enabled vital connections. For the last five months visits to NSW prisons have been banned and been replaced by video visits using 430 computer tablets. This experience has led to good general acceptance by …
Currently incarcerated in a privately-run Victorian prison, Mark Rowson represents many vulnerable prisoners across Australia whose requests to the Government for release due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been unsuccessful. In his request to the court for an injunction for release, Rowson provided evidence regarding serious breaches of prisoner duty of care and abuses of …
LATEST NEWSPetition: Call for Computers in Cells for Juvenile DetaineesUniversity of Southern Queensland PresentationPrisonPC ReportJuvenile Justice Summit Agenda 4-5 May 2017 Overview The current failures of the juvenile justice system are unacceptable. The rate of reoffending is twice as high as adult offenders. Nationally, 794 young people are in detention on average per day, which …
Wayne “Fella” Morrison, was a 29-year-old Wiradjuri, Kookatha and Wirangu man who died in hospital at 3:50am on the 26th of September 2016. Mr. Morrision was involved in an altercation three days prior to his death that resulted in him being pulled unconscious from the back of a prisoner transportation van. He did not receive …
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