An astounding 40.3% of prisoners in Australia are back in prison within two years of release. We’ve been following The Conversation’s ‘Beyond Prison’ series on issues relating to prison conditions and post-prison release. This blog post summarises the best insights from across the articles. Rehabilitation as a factor in prison conditions Andrew Day advocates a […]
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Peter O’Brien was featured on ABC News last night (17 June, 2015). Peter appeared as a solicitor in the bail application for the high-profile accused William Spedding. Mr Spedding faces charges of historical child sex offences. These charges were ultimately thrown out and Mr Spedding won $1.48 million from the NSW Police for malicious prosecution.
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The statistics are appalling: one woman is hospitalised every three hours, and at least one woman is murdered each week. At the time of writing, 43 women had been killed by violence this year. Male domestic violence is the cause The cause is domestic violence, or more accurately, male domestic violence. In fact, it is
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Time is running out to save an invaluable legal service. The Aboriginal Legal Service’s Custody Notification Service (CNS) is a 24-hour phone line that gives legal advice and general support to Aboriginal people in custody. Government funding runs out at the end of June. What the Custody Notification Service (CNS) does The phone line was one
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Australia is facing an epidemic, and no, we are not in a law and order crisis. In fact, that very perception is part of the problem of Australia’s rampant prison overcrowding. Australia’s Prison Population Is Increasing Recent BOCSAR statistics show a 10% increase in Australia’s prison population over the past year. This results in a
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