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Prisoners with disabilities are being locked in solitary confinement for prolonged periods, living in nappies, urinating in bottles and suffering physical and sexual abuse, including at the hands of carers, a damning new report has found. A detailed Human Rights Watch investigation of 14 prisons in Western Australia and Queensland has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia’s […]

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On behalf of our service, we wish our clients, their families and stakeholders a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year.  

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/19/indigenous-incarceration-push-to-end-jailing-for-fines-and-introduce-automatic-parole

These are the findings of the latest report for the Institute of Public Affairs Criminal Justice Project, and they underline the need for criminal justice reform around Australia. When you consider Australia has a high level of reoffending, with more than half of released prisoners returning to corrections within two years, it is clear that

The Corrective Services Act 2006 (“the Act”) was recently updated on 3 July 2017. New sections in the Act have been introduced as a result of the Sofronoff Parole Board Reforms. Of note are changes to Breaches of Parole matters which seek to streamline the process to reduce administrative delay and provide greater accountability for decisions.