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Welcome to Justice Action |
 The arc of the moral universe is long
... but it bends towards justice.
- Theodore Parker, abolitionist preacher
Justice Action is a community based organisation of criminal justice activists. We are prisoners, academics, victims of crime, ex-prisoners, lawyers and general community members. We believe that meaningful change depends upon free exchange of information and community responsibility.
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Line in Sand on Mental Health |
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Stateline ABCTV exposure Mental patients have drawn a line in the sand after recent
government attacks on their quality of life. Patients under state control are being locked in cells for 18 hours a day to cut costs,
and others have lost their right to smoke. These vulnerable and isolated citizens, to
whom the state owes a special obligation, are extremely distressed and ask for community assistance. This government behaviour defines us as a community.
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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 its
hostages, and us all afraid. New 4th Edn Handbook (pdf 1.4mb)
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Campaigns - past successes |
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Details of some current and past campaigns
Below is a list of some leading current campaigns and underneath is a history of past campaign work.
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Smoking rights for Mental Health Consumers
The NSW Department of Health
has set up a task force for ‘the implementation of smoke free policies
in mental health inpatient facilities’. The
patients have asked for assistance. Eighty percent
smoke. We support their 'right to choose' - personally controlled since European settlement. Smoking submission (pdf 188k)
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JA CAMPAIGNS LIST
Justice Action proposes and agitates for change in social justice
policies. To achieve change we focus, analyse and publish our views as the basis for action. Each brief summarises a position paper often elsewhere on the website. Below is a list of our current campaigns.
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The NSW Department of Corrective Services unexpectedly withdrew
traditional all-day visits for the women of Emu Plains. The decision to
lessen family contact, including that between children and their
mothers, is a destructive one for the women, their families, and the
community as a whole.
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 - the Australian and NZ prisoners newspaper
The current issue includes:
• Prisoners’ Rights
• The Offer of Hope
• The Fate of Napier
• Aust v Brough
• Emu Plains Visits.
Download here in A4, PDF format
• Just US - Vol 3, Issue 1 (pdf - 624kb)
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JUST US goes to one in every two prisoners in Australia and New
Zealand; also to every judge from the High Court to magistrate by
name. A copy is also sent to every MP in every Parliament in both
countries.
NSW Prisons Commissioner Woodham last year banned the Federal Election Special from NSW prisons. He refused to provide reasons for his decision, although 5 other states and territories accepted it without a problem.
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