Newsletter date: 13 September 2013
Contents:
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson from the Indigenous Social Justice Association about Aboriginal imprisonment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Monica Morgan, Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International, about Aboriginal imprisonment
* Amanda Banks, The West Australian: Juveniles return to Banksia Hill
* SBS Radio News: WA promises youth justice system overhaul
* MJA: Prevalence and perceptions of overweight and obesity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people in custody
* The Wire: The Coalition announces $42 million cut to Aboriginal legal aid
* Stephanie Quine, Lawyers Weekly: Cuts to indigenous legal aid a backwards step
* Background to Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS RAY JACKSON FROM THE INDIGENOUS SOCIAL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION ABOUT ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Ray Jackson
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
6 Sep 13: "Ray Jackson from the Indigenous Social Justice Association"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/ray-jackson-8/
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS MONICA MORGAN, MANAGER OF THE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS PROGRAM AT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ABOUT ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Monica Morgan
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
29 Aug 13: "Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International Australia"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/monica-morgan/
* AMANDA BANKS, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: JUVENILES RETURN TO BANKSIA HILL
- News
The West Australian: Juveniles return to Banksia Hill
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/18887804/juveniles-return-to-ban...
12 Sep 13: "Juveniles started being shifted back to Banksia Hill detention centre yesterday, almost eight months after a riot forced their transfer to a men's prison. The Department of Corrective Services transferred 24 juveniles to the detention centre and expects the rest will be returned to the facility within a few weeks." Amanda Banks, The West Australian
* SBS RADIO NEWS: WA PROMISES YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM OVERHAUL
- Audio
SBS Radio News: WA promises youth justice system overhaul
http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/287189/WA-prom...
5 Sep 13: "Western Australia's Corrective Services Minister says his government wants to stop locking children up. ... Joe Francis says it's time for a radical overhaul of the state's youth justice system. But, his comments come as the deadline for moving children out an adult prison is continually pushed back. Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis is seeing for himself the alternative to locking children up. He's being taken on a tour of the current and former construction sites of the Liveworks program. The program teaches young offenders or those at risk the basics of the building industry - hopefully along the way installing a work ethic and sense of pride." By Ryan Emery
* MJA: PREVANCE AND PERCEPTIONS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL YOUNG PEOPLE IN CUSTODY
- Report
MJA - Medical Journal of Australia: Prevalence and perceptions of overweight and obesity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people in custody
Leigh Haysom, Devon Indig, Elizabeth Moore, Louise L Hardy and Paul A van den Dolder
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/4/prevalence-and-perceptions-ove...
August, 2013: "Conclusions: Overweight and obesity were highly prevalent but poorly recognised in young people in custody. A longer incarceration time had the strongest association with overweight obesity and self-reported weight gain. From a population health and policy perspective, changes to the liberal food environment and the approach to increasing physical activity in custody are warranted."
* THE WIRE: THE COALITION ANNOUNCES $42 MILLION CUT TO ABORIGINAL LEGAL AID
- Audio
The Wire: The Coalition announces $42 million cut to Aboriginal legal aid
Produced by Saskia Edwards
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10788
6 Sep 13: "The Coalition's announcement to cut $42 million to Indigenous legal aid has sparked outrage amongst Indigenous advocacy groups who claim this will drastically impair services. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hokey and Shadow Minister for Finance Andrew Robb yesterday announced the Coalition's policy costings, which included a 20 per cent scale back of Indigenous legal aid. This means reductions to eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal service organisations across Australia. This move has enraged Indigenous legal service providers, saying it will increase the incarceration of Indigenous people. ...
Featured in story:
CEO North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency - Priscilla Collins
Spokesperson for Community Law Australia - Carolyn Bond "
See:
WGAR News: Coalition's proposed cuts 'a heartless decision' says ALSWA: Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (9 Sep 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/08/wgar-news-coalitions-proposed-cuts-a-...
* STEPHANIE QUINE, LAWYERS WEEKLY: CUTS TO INDIGENOUS LEGAL AID A BACKWARDS STEP
- News
Lawyers Weekly: Cuts to indigenous legal aid a backwards step
http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/cuts-to-indigenous-legal-aid-a-back...
11 Sep 13: "The Coalition’s planned cuts to indigenous legal services will lead to increased prison costs ... "It’s not a huge amount of money in the overall scheme of things [but] it will have huge impacts on a highly specialised service," said the president of the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), Geraldine Collins. "You will see an increase in people facing custodial sentences and, if we’re talking about this solely as an economic factor, that doesn’t make sense; putting somebody in jail and keeping them in jail is far more expensive than providing funding for legal services for them."" Stephanie Quine
* BACKGROUND TO JUSTICE REINVESTMENT, ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT AND ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY:
Last updated: 9 September 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...
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