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WGAR News: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 6:04pm

Newsletter date: 30 May 2013

Contents:

* Australian Institute of Criminology: Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates
* Inga Ting, SMH: Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people
* Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle, ABC The Drum Opinion: Indigenous prison rates are a national shame
* SBS World News: 'No lessons learned' on Aboriginal deaths
* Cairns Post: Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise
* Bundaberg News Mail: Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

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Aboriginal deaths in custody

Australian Institute of Criminology

Aboriginal imprisonment

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle

ABC The Drum Opinion

Indigenous prison rates

Aboriginal incarceration rates

human rights report

Indigenous detention rates

Australian Institute of Criminology - Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011

Inga Ting - SMH - Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle - ABC The Drum Opinion - Indigenous prison rates are a national shame

Cairns Post - Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise

Bundaberg News Mail - Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

SBS Radionews - Australia under fire in human rights report

Tracker - Australia failing on human rights - Amnesty

WGAR News: "Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 15 May 2013

Contents:

* Change.org Petition: Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service (CNS)
* Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT: ALS News: Save the CNS
* The Wire Audio: Argument between governments puts lives at risk
* The Stringer: Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated
* NIRS: Urgent funding call for anti-deaths in custody measure
* NIRS: ALS warns lives could be at risk unless phone line is funded

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Custody Notification Service

CNS

Aboriginal deaths in police custody

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

ALS

Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition

Alcohol Protection Orders

Aboriginality in sentencing

Change org Petition - Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service - CNS

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - ALS News - Save the CNS

The Wire Audio - Argument between governments puts lives at risk

The Stringer - Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Aboriginality in sentencing before the High Court

The Stringer - DCS issued warning one year prior - that riot would eventuate

WGAR News: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition: Ray Jackson, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 6:06pm

Newsletter date: 9 May 2013

Contents:

* Indymedia Australia: Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!

* The Wire Audio: Justice reinvestment 'key to tackling Indigenous incarceration'
* WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Justice reinvestment comeback
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment or by any other name
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

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Keywords:

Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

Socialist Alternative

children in adult jail

WA Greens

Green Left

national stop deaths in custody coalition

Indymedia Australia - Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed

WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple - Justice reinvestment comeback

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Justice Reinvestment or by any other name

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Amnesty - Supreme Court of WA - case dismissed - but concerns remain about children in adult jail

The Stringer - Supreme Court decision floors parents of jailed children

SBS Radionews Audio - WA judge dismisses juvenile offender challenge

WGAR News: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on [Aboriginal] women in prison: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/04/2013 - 11:19am

Newsletter date: 30 April 2013

Contents:

* Debbie Kilroy, The Stringer: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Call for crime prevention focus to cut Indigenous jail rates
* The Stringer: KALACC lends its weight to Justice Reinvestment
* Priscilla Collins, Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT: Mandatory rehabilitation bill must be released for public consultation
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop police self investigation
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Geography:

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 22/04/2013 - 3:43pm

Newsletter date: 23 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress
* NIRS: Congress submits to justice reinvestment inquiry

* Amnesty Action: Get kids out of Hakea adult prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Amnesty alarmed over boys in adult Perth prison
* ABC 7.30 Video: Teens suffer in men’s prison

* SBS Radionews Audio: Prison 'not a deterrent' for NT offenders

* CAAMA Radio: NAAJA shares concerns about the new Mandatory Rehabilitation Program
* SBS Radionews Audio: NT mandatory rehab plan slammed

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/04/2013 - 9:39am

Newsletter date: 10 April 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system
* CAAMA Radio: Priscilla Collins, NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth
* SBS Living Black Audio: WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous detention centres 'at crisis point'
* The Stringer: "Paraded like zoo animals"
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system

CAAMA Radio - Priscilla Collins - NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth

SBS Living Black Audio - WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous detention centres at crisis point

SBS Living Black Audio - Looking at the health system and cancer

Suresh Rajan - The Stringer - Is Australia a Racist country

Tracker - Racist taunts an ongoing problem - inquiry

SNAICC News - The Australian Community Sector Survey due 19 April 2013

The Wire Audio - Experts cautiously welcome support for Aboriginal languages in NSW

Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/12/2012 - 1:25pm

Last updated: 14 May 2014

Contents:

* National day of action for Rex Bellotti Jr (Thu 18 September 2014)
* About Justice Reinvestment
* WGAR Compilations (Last updated: 14 May 2014)
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (25-29 September 2013)

* NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR REX BELLOTTI JR (THU 18 SEPTEMBER 2014)

- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: National day of action for Rex Bellotti Jr
http://thestringer.com.au/national-day-of-action-for-rex-bellotti-jr/

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