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Victory for Computers in Cells NSW August 2020

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 For the last five months visits to NSW prisons have been banned and been replaced by video visits using 430 computer tablets.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 …

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COVID-19: Prisoner’s plea for release

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 …

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Youth in Prisons

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 …

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David Dungay

(David Dungay’s mother seen infront of the inquest: SBS) Latest News National Deaths in Custody Database ProposalMeeting the Governor at YabunPrison Commissioner’s response to recommendationsReport on Coroner’s Decision and Recommendations Anticipation Coroner’s decision: Next movesJA Submission to CoronerFamily statement to media 8 March 2019Report on Inquest last day 8 March 2019Report on Inquest 4 March 2019Report on …

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