Inspector of Custodial Services Report calls for end to destruction of original mail to NSW prisoners Justice Action’s considerable concerns regarding the treatment of prisoner mail have been reflected in a recent report by the NSW Inspector of Custodial Services; Review of the response to COVID-19 in NSW custody (Report) and have also received media […]
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LATEST NEWSLetters from JA to Statewide Operations OVERVIEWSouth Australian Correctional Centres have continued to block external interactions from prisoners. Correctional service officers claim that cl 11(2) of the Correctional Service Regulations 2016 has the results that any and all communications between Justice Action and SA prisoners are prohibited. In addition, anyone sending communications to a
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Latest NewsReport hearing final day July 24. 2020Report hearing seventh day February 21. 2020Report hearing sixth day February 20. 2020Report hearing fifth day February 19. 2020Barrister Catherine Gleeson scurries away November 21Report hearing fourth day of trial October 18Report hearing third day of trial October 17Report hearing second day of trial October 16 Report hearing first
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Media release: Wednesday May 25, 2016 “Most people in prisons and locked hospitals across Australia are eligible to vote but won’t be participating in the 2016 Federal Election. Last week in several NSW jails not one person surveyed had been given information about enrolment” said Justice Action Coordinator Brett Collins. “Their right to vote was
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Justice Action believes there is clear negligence and a breach of established duty of care by Corrective Services and Justice Health. Below are detailed notes from each day of the inquest held Monday 13th – Friday 17th July 2020. The family of Tane Chatfield are desperate for justice. Latest News Tane Chatfield Inquest Report 13
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