Justice Action

"Targeting abuse of authority"

Justice Action is a community based organisation of criminal justice activists. We are consumers, prisoners, academics, victims of crime, ex-prisoners, lawyers and general community members dedicated to making a change. We believe that meaningful change depends upon the free exchange of information, community involvement and the taking of responsibility by all members of the community.

Justice Action is a loosely structured unincorporated organization. There are no fees for membership, no titles or office holders. JA receives no government funding and relies on volunteers to maintain its activities and run its campaigns. For decades, members have continued to act vigorously in concert in the role of a rigorous, independent watchdog.

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Justice Action declines any funding that could compromise its independence. It relies on its primary sponsor, advertising and donations to fund campaigns, and the work of volunteers to initiate and implement projects.

Founding Principles and Focus

Justice Action and the prisoner movement trace their history back to the penal colony with its slavery and degradation of human beings. From that moment, the spirit of Justice Action has existed.

Justice Action’s specific focus is on issues relating to:

-       a safer, more compassionate community

-       human rights, prisoners’ and victims’ rights

-       improved mental health for our community

-       the system of social control involving police and courts

-       the needs of ex-prisoners, their families and loved ones

-       methods for cutting rates of recidivism

We seek to uncover and expose police and penal abuse, misconduct and corruption and to promote reform and meaningful change.We seek to assist those who suffer from the abuses of the system.

We provide prisoner, mental health and court support, and handle cases and complaints. With over 100 cases active at any one time, we facilitate representaton by lawyers and agitate for investigations by government departments, by media and by independent oversight agencies.

We promote policies and initiate campaigns to uphold viable non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment and policies that criminalise the inequities in our local and global communities.

We work in coalition at the local, national and international level, including the Community Justice Coalition, national networks and the International Conference on Penal Abolition ICOPA.

We believe that meaningful change depends upon community responsibility and free access to and exchange of information as the basis for understanding and action.

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Fight for the prisoners whose basic human rights have been stripped off?
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