All posts tagged "corrections"

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  WRAP: Prison Site Drilling Unlawful

  Media release – Westbury Region Against the Prison, 28 June 2021 Government ineptitude renders proposed drilling unlawful Drilling contractors have this morning...

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  Custodial Inspector Lockdowns Review

  Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania – Lockdowns Review 2021. Executive Summary Media release – Elise Archer, Attorney-General, Minister for Corrections, 24...

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  COSS Directors Back Raising Age of Criminal Responsibility

  Media release – Council of Social Services (COSS), 16 June 2021 COSS directors call for national action to raise the age of...

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  We Must Improve Justice for Young Aboriginal Tasmanians

  “Children are our greatest treasure. They are our future,” said Nelson Mandela, the great South African. This sentiment holds true for Tasmanians,...

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  ‘Prison Riots Won’t Happen at Westbury’

  Media release – Concerned Residents Opposed to the Westbury Prison Site (CROWPS), 7 May 2021 Prison Riots won’t happen at Westbury Repeated...

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  New Report Says Jailing is Failing Tasmania

  Tasmanian politicians of all stripes have been urged to collaborate and commit to reforming the state’s archaic criminal justice system. The call...

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  CROWPS: Premier Refuses to Acknowledge Mental Health

  Media release – Concerned Residents Opposed to Westbury Prison Site, 7 April 2021 Premier refuses to acknowledge Mental Health The Premier’s handling...

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  Labor Says Yes to Prison, No to Westbury Site

  Jen Butler MP, Labor Member for Lyons, 31 March 2021 Northern Prison will not go ahead at Westbury under Labor Labor is committed...

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  Premier Forgot the Prison

  Media release -Concerned Residents Opposed to the Westbury Prison Site (CROWPS), 30 March 2021 Whoops! Premier Forgot the Prison The Premier’s recent...

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  Refinancing a Bankrupt Business at Taxpayer Expense Part II

  Prisoners of a Smelting Fortune In August 2020 Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance agreed to purchase Tasmania’s loss-making TEMCO smelter at Bell Bay...