Policing and Detention / Open letters from top lawyers, advocacy groups and academics say NSW youth bail laws will increase crime A combined 68 lawyers, academics and advocacy groups say proposed reforms that would make it more difficult for reoffending NSW... 19 Mar 2024 News / NSW Indigenous groups warn of danger posed by harsh bail laws for children On Monday, a coalition of 12 groups including the ALS, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and NSW Aboriginal Land Council... 12 Mar 2024 News / Minns warned against ‘political stunt’ to fix regional youth crime Premier Chris Minns made a last-minute trip to Moree last month amid concerns about serious property crime being committed predominantly... 11 Mar 2024 Policing and Detention / NSW Police fall short in response to consorting laws criticisms The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has published NSW Police Force responses to recommendations made in the LECC’s review of... 16 Jan 2024 Asylum Seekers / UN committee report slams Australia's 'inhuman' prisons Australia’s prison and detention practices are inhuman, degrading and in some cases may amount to torture, a United Nations report... 21 Dec 2023 Asylum Seekers / PIAC responds to scathing UN subcommittee report on Australian detention The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (‘SPT’) visited Australia... 21 Dec 2023 Policing and Detention / Police bin unjust surveillance amid 'bombshell' report A “bombshell” audit has found an intensive police program that overwhelmingly targeted young Indigenous youth and led to repeated midnight... 30 Oct 2023 Policing and Detention / Unreasonable, unjust, oppressive and improperly discriminatory: watchdog blasts police on STMP A scathing report from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) says NSW Police use of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan... 30 Oct 2023 News / NSW Police use of Suspect Targeting Management Plan could meet 'threshold for serious misconduct' The Youth Justice Coalition noted on Monday that it has warned for more than five years that the STMP “not... 30 Oct 2023 News / Report finds NSW Police suspect lists led to 'gross over-representation' of Indigenous people A discontinued NSW Police policy that attempted to proactively prevent crime through suspect lists led to an over-representation of young... 30 Oct 2023