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The Paradox in Incarceration and Crime Directed Research Report Prepared for Justice Action download pdf January 2008 Submitted by C. Daoust University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Prison is a recruitment centre for the army of crime. That is what it achieves. For 200 years everybody has been saying, Prisons…
There has been a dangerous development of a quasi-prison system being created around the resettlement of ex prisoners. Before enacting a new housing law to evict Ray (Dennis) Ferguson, he was told a COSP (Community Offender Support Programs) would be the only place available for him!
This is a key to JA's work.It was presented to the NSW Legislative Council 2009 as part of the campaign against the corporate privatisation of prisons. It is an analysis of the conflicting policies of social exclusion and community building, giving examples of how they conflict in practice and offering…
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Corey Brough, an adolescent Aboriginal man with a mild intellectual disability, has been the victim of human rights violations at the hand of the New South Wales prison officials whilst being detained at Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney. The Australian government,…
This Forum was held on 14/10/08 following a Law and Justice Foundation report to improve prisoner access to legal assistance. Justice Action was present and presented a statement.
TO KEEP ME SAFE FROM HARM? TRANSGENDER PRISONERS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF IMPRISONMENT - RICHARD EDNEY III SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND TRANSGENDER PRISONERS Sexual violence against transgender prisoners must be at the forefront of any analysis of the relationship between life and law in the context of the prison. To the…
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 condemns the behaviour of women it imprisons,…
The subject of youth crime has been one of much public debate over the last few years. Statistics demonstrate that many youths who resort to crime face serious social and economical marginalisation. Justice Action believes that major changes have to be made to the current youth justice system in order…
Changing the culture of criminal justice Justice Action sees restorative justice and mentoring as the way forward with social problems. Both are rational extensions of community support which satisfy the needs of victims and make us all safer. But the prison industrial complex is fighting tooth and nail to keep…
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