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Welcome to Justice Action |
 The arc of the moral universe is long
... but it bends towards justice.
- Theodore Parker, abolitionist
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 the free exchange of information, and communities taking responsibility.
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Privatisation of NSW prisons |
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Inquiry decision about to be made - Friday. Black ban called on the multinationals! media release The whole community says privatisation is morally wrong and irrational. The multinationals want more crime, more profit. NO SALE NO SLAVERY! Picket line photos.
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Long Bay Patients Lockdown |
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The Victory for the Long Bay mental patients isn't over! It went to Parliament for an Urgency Debate on 12/11, and got support from all the parties except the Government. We had the majority. But now the promises from the Minister haven't been met. Patients protest with their lives. Media release 2nd Dec Patient statement
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Victory! Line in Sand on Mental Health |
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We held the line! News release Sept 25 News report Statement
After a six month campaign responding to a petition from mental patients held in the Long Bay prison hospital, the government has passed control from Prisons to Health. This acknowledges the rights of mental patients to treatment.
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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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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. Campaigns report 2008-9 Also below is a list of our campaigns.
Each brief summarises a position paper often elsewhere on the website.
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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. Media release 19/3/09 Smoking submission (pdf 188k)
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Legal needs of prisoners forum NSW |
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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.
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RETURN CHRISTMAS DAY VISITS TO FAMILIES OF PRISONERS!
"They’ve killed Santa and the Easter bunny. Lucky they can’t get at God" Those words on a prisoner's card perfectly express the vindictiveness of the system. Media release
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