WGAR News: One in ten Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders have been to jail - racialised imprisonment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Newsletter date: 8 August 2015, 5:10pm AEST

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: One in ten Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders have been to jail - racialised imprisonment

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison [featuring Richard Trudgen, community development educator in the Arnhem]

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Western Australia - 1 in 13 in jail, a bullsh*t state of affairs

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Homelessness - one in four of Australia's homeless are children

* Bio: Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer
* About: The Stringer's Editorial policy: http://thestringer.com.au/about-us
* Support: Fund The Stringer: http://thestringer.com.au/fund-the-stringer

* Background:

WGAR Background: Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

* Crisis Support - Talk to Someone - 24-hours/day 7-days/week:
Lifeline - Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
Beyond Blue - Talk it through with us: 1300 22 4636 http://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support

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- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: One in ten Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders have been to jail - racialised imprisonment
http://thestringer.com.au/one-in-ten-aboriginal-torres-strait-islanders-...
6 Aug 15: "There has been very little research on how many Australians and how many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been to prison. There is very little information collected on what happens to people post-prison. It has been my long-held view that in general people come out of prison worse than when they went in. There is very little rehabilitative and restorative support for prisoners while in prison but even less post-release. In my own research, I estimate that one in ten of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders have been to prison. This should be an unimaginable statistical narrative but it is nevertheless the case, and from a racialised lens probably indicts Australia as the mother of all jailers of any one people. ... " By Gerry Georgatos, a researcher in suicide prevention and racism and is involved with various national and community projects in suicide prevention

- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison
http://thestringer.com.au/yolnu-youth-should-not-be-finishing-up-in-pris...
21 Mar 13: "Richard Trudgen is a community development educator in the Arnhem who is worried that the rule of law has become too confusing for the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal peoples. He is concerned that the Yolnu people of Elcho Island are being treated with indifference and heavy-handedness by the NT Intervention authorities and by the NT police. Aboriginal people make up about 28 per cent of the total NT population. Mr Trudgen told The Stringer that people are becoming confused by the demands of the NT Intervention – which are effectively to assimilate. He said NT islanders and remote communities in the Arnhem find mainstream Australia foreign. ... " By Gerry Georgatos

- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: Western Australia - 1 in 13 in jail, a bullsh*t state of affairs
http://thestringer.com.au/western-australia-1-in-13-in-jail-a-bullshit-s...
28 Oct 14: "Australia’s backwater, Western Australia continues to incarcerate First People at not only the nation’s highest rate but also among the world’s highest jailing rates. Too few in our parliaments have stood up to say that they will do something about it. I have heard far too many of those born into privilege, who wield excessive influence, who are in high office and who believe that “it is the burden (Aboriginal people) wake up to each day”, “it is the lot of Aboriginal people”. They argue that the extinguishing of racism is a long journey. But truth is their complacency and inaction, their justifications, are veils and layers of racism. ... " By Gerry Georgatos, a researcher in suicide prevention and racism and is involved with various national and community projects in suicide prevention

- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: Homelessness - one in four of Australia's homeless are children
http://thestringer.com.au/homelessness-one-in-four-of-australias-homeles...
5 Aug 15: "One in four of Australia’s homeless are children – and abominably one in six of Australia’s homeless are children aged 12 years of age and less. It should be an unimaginable scenario, but the face of Australia’s homeless is that of children. How is this possible in one of the world’s most affluent nations? How is this possible in the world’s 12th largest economy? On the streets, these homeless children are exposed to various violence and sexual predation – this is the stark reality. Each morning, these children should be waking to breakfast, to the getting ready for their day in school but for one disturbing reason or another, our governments have not made the pressing issue of child homelessness a priority. We barely hear about it. ... " By Gerry Georgatos

" - If you can assist with accommodation and/or essentials for the homeless contact Jennifer Kaeshagen – 0449 655 282 – contact@thestringer.com.au "

" - If you can lend support to the campaign for ‘Homeless Friendly Precincts’ contact Gerry Georgatos – 0430 657 309 – gerry_georgatos@yahoo.com.au "

- Bio

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer
http://thestringer.com.au/gerry-georgatos-contributing-editor-and-journa...
"His predominant work is in suicide prevention research and in unveiling racism and in articulating the ways forward. ... Some of his stories on homelessness in First Nations communities have led to many people housed and to restorative cultural projects.  ... He is an expert in his fields, particularly in the understanding of racism and in suicide prevention - and involves himself at the coalface in addition to interfacing with Governments. ... "

- About

The Stringer's Editorial policy:
[scroll down page] http://thestringer.com.au/about-us
"Independent news media contributes to the unfolding landscape of human rights and social justice. It is The Stringer’s aim to provide every opportunity to the rise of voices that far too often are denied. If The Stringer believes in the importance of a story we will sustain coverage - this is what The Stringer terms through-care journalism. The Stringer has become known for breaking stories that others initially were not prepared to investigate and report. ... "

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- Background

WGAR Background: Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-justice-reinvestment...
(last updated: 25 July 2015)

WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/08/wgar-background-intervention-into-no...
(last updated: 25 July 2015)

WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-suicide-and-self-...
(last updated: 25 July 2015)

- Crisis Support - Talk to Someone - 24-hours/day 7-days/week:

Emergency:
For immediate assistance when life may be in danger
Call 000
https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/emergency

Lifeline's 24/7 hotline
13 11 14
Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention services
https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/

Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467
Twenty-four hours a day seven days a week
The Suicide Call Back Service provides free nationwide professional telephone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide.
https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/

Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
Depression. Anxiety.
Talk it through with us, day or night
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support

Useful national contact numbers - Suicide Prevention Crisis Contacts
http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Suicide_Pr...

Mens Line
1300 78 99 78
MensLine Australia is a professional telephone and online support and information service for Australian men
http://www.mensline.org.au/

Kids Help Line
1800 55 1800
aged 5 - 25 yrs
http://www.kidshelp.com.au/

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