prisons

Archive of posts tagged 'prisons'

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...

Policing and Detention / Joint statement of concern regarding suspension of UN Subcommittee on Torture visit to Australia following lack of co-operation in New South Wales and Queensland

We express profound concern that the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has been forced to take the...

Homelessness / Facing the outside world – the voices of those who exit prison into homelessness

By Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Homelessness, Public Interest Advocacy Centre “All I’ve known is crime and drugs and jail....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Progress on detention conditions: OPCAT ratified

PIAC has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / OPCAT and youth in custody

The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently considering how the special needs and interests of children and young people under...

News / Submission to the NSW Sentencing Council on the proposal for additional show cause offences in the Bail Act 2013 (NSW)

This submission sets out PIAC’s opposition to proposals to extend the category of offences for which an alleged offender must...

Homelessness / Beyond the prison gates:

In 2012 the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service and StreetCare undertook a consultation project exploring the experiences and difficulties faced by...

Human Rights / OPCAT - preventative, proactive and non-punitive.

The submission supports Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

Policing and Detention / Comments on the Ten-Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform

In January 2012, the Federal Government released the draft Ten-Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform. The Roadmap details a...

News / Vietnamese translation of Self-help guide for women prisoners

The Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN) is a grass-roots organisation that provides advocacy and mentoring services to women in...