NSW prisons over-crowded. Gov't orders investigation into death in custody

Two public servants may be sacked over a bungle affecting an Aboriginal inmate who died in custody in a New South Wales jail.

In January this year, a 23-year-old Aboriginal prisoner was found hanging in his cell in a Sydney jail 18 days after he was due to be released.

The State Government ordered an investigation into how the parole board had miscalculated the inmate's release date.

A report tabled in Parliament blames the error on an inexperienced officer whose work should have been checked.

It describes the parole board as complacent and says its error rates are unacceptable. Justice Minister John Hatzistergos concedes the report is damning and has pledged a major shake-up.

"It's frankly unacceptable. To be frankly blunt about it, I regard it as a disgrace," he said.

A separate report will recommend whether two staff who have been stood aside over the incident, should be sacked.

By Death In Custody 7 May 03

THE PRISONERS: Prison over-crowding due to the Carr Governments policies have caused the Department of Corrective Services to cut corners in all areas. Watchdogs have been silenced and custodial staff told what to say and not what to say and that's why answers are not forthcoming from DCS about complaints forwarded to them from prisoners who are suffering.

The independence of welfare has diminished and that means the messenger is too late in order to save any life that nears death. There is mounting trauma and frustration of today's prisoners who are trying to survive in barbaric conditions.

Resources and facilities including health, programs, education and even exercise for prisoners out of their cells has been limited and spread so wide that conditions in the jail are causing neglect, self-harm and death.

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Yes Minister: 'Justice Action meets John Hatzistergos Justice Mininster' In order to begin on a reasonable note in our relationship we have been patient. Today the Chief of Staff said that "rehabilitation" was included as a role for prison, alongside deterrence and retribution. [? Retribution until the prisoners' are released?]

Carr's Castle the real story H.R.M.U.The High Risk Management Unit Goulburn Correctional Centre The Australian Institute of Criminology's Standard Guidelines for Corrections in Australia - 1996 just don't cover the Goulburn HRMU according to Mr Ron Woodham Commissioner of Corrective Services. The High Risk Management Unit (HRMU) is the centrepiece of a major $22M redevelopment of Goulburn Correctional Centre.

Beyond Bars Alliance colleagues
There are certainly problems with the IG's terms of reference and the position is not nearly as strong as it should or could be but it should not be lost it should be strengthened (along the lines of the UK IG of Prisons) to provide an independent voice to the Parliament regarding activities and processes that otherwise happen behind prison walls.

Submissions for Review of Inspector General
There is a very serious attack happening on the office of the NSW Inspector General of Corrective Services. A secret and flawed review is taking place at this moment, and we call upon all individuals and organisations interested in the area to make their views known.

Two thirds of a billion dollars and DCS can't work out what authority they have? "Two thirds of a billion dollars of taxpayers money and the Department of Corrective Services can't work out what authority they have to hold the people who are in jail."

Australia: Private Prisons, Junee NSW
When I got to Junee I was given nothing except bed linen. That's it! No clothing. I had to put my name down for clothing, which they said I could get on Saturday. When I went down to get my clothing on Saturday I was told they had nothing but I was told that I could buy what I wanted on their monthly buy-up. In the mean time I got rashes between my legs from the dirty clothes I had on.

Justice Action meets with new Minister for Justice
John Hatzistergos Minister for Justice is meeting with Brett Collins and Justice Action today at 11:30 a.m.

ARUNTA PHONE SYSTEM: IDC Lithgow Prison
The prisoners of Lithgow Correctional Centre have requested that the Lithgow Inmate Development Committee write to you on their behalf and ask that the phone systems heavy burden upon the prisoners at this institution and their families be reviewed. I will outline the problems.

Health problems denied in prison
Lithgow Correctional Centre (IDC) Inmate Development Committee "Currently there are 72 inmates on the doctors waiting list with only one doctor coming fortnightly and usually on a weekend".

'Old guard dog' dig in heels on NSW Govt front bench - The rolling of the filthy heads... The New South Wales Premier is yet to convince at least one of his long-standing ministers to stand aside to make way for new blood on the front bench.

NSW Prisons Inmate Development Committee speaks out
I am writing on behalf of the IDC Inmate Development Committee in area 3, MSPC at Long Bay. Area 3 is where, the Department is congregating minimum-security offenders within maximum-security walls whilst awaiting mandatory programs at Cubit (Sex Offenders Program).

THE GULAG TREATMENT - The Trauma Of Court Appearances When Incarcerated Prisoner transport vehicle 10th January 2003 It's about 4.40am, very darkoutside and although I'm expecting it, it is still intrusive when my dreams are interrupted by the sound of my name, it is the officer checking that I'm awake ready to face the long day ahead.

Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
If it were possible to characterize the term B Block attitude in a modern dictionary, it would read something like "demeanor of inhabitance" or "state of mind or behaviour of occupants".

SIR DAVID LONGLAND CORRECTIONAL CENTRE QLD - CELLS IN B BLOCK The cells in B Block are like no other in any Queensland prison. After Mr. Cooper was severally embarrassed by the Abbott and Co escape on 4th November 1997, he visited B Block and the surrounding grounds. It was that visit, by Cooper, that set in motion a plan (up the ante) to make sure security in B Block would never embarrass him again. It was like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.

Inspector General Ignored On Womens Prison
Four months after a report from the Inspector General on Mulawa Correctional Centre, key recommendations involving safety and welfare of prisoners and staff have been ignored. Kathryn Armstrong (former chair of Inmate Development Committee) and Annabel Walsh, released from Mulawa Womens Prison in February, have produced an independent report confirming the findings of the Inspector General.

Distribution of: 'How to Votes in prisons'?
Justice Action have received information from Andrew Burke of the NSW Greens that they have enquired with the Department of Corrective Services as to the procedure for distributing their How To Votes in prisons in the period before the election.

Getting Justice Wrong DPP make full admissions
Back in May 2001 Nicholas Cowdery QC made an error at law by giving a speech called Getting Justice Wrong at the University of New England, Armidale Thursday, 31 May 2001. Sir Frank Kitto, Lecture now published at the DPP website. At page six, paragraph 3 under the heading:

NSW ELECTION 2003: VOTE 1 GREENS
Inspector-General: The Greens believe that the role of the Inspector-General is crucial to the proper functioning of the prison system. It has never been more important to have a powerful watchdog role than today. Section 3.11 of our Criminal Justice Policy commits the Greens to "strengthening the role of the Inspector-General of Prisons."

Long Bay Prison: The latest inside story
Private food purchases called Buy-Ups that normally take care of the prisoners additional food nutrition in Jail has been changed.

Doing time even harder: 146 prisoners far from home
The United States, however, has detained without trial about 650 men from 43 countries. They include Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, who are held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base as part of the sweep against global terrorism [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's, pre-emptive strikes, occupation and genocide for resources in the Middle East.]

Human Rights 'Framed'
Here is a quick report on our Human Rights Commission approach on Framed (the quarterly magazine of Justice Action) being banned from all NSW prisons. After 42 issues went in.

Prison Privatisation: Death camps looming in NSW
I asked for the identification of the person I was speaking to and was told that I was not entitled to that information. I needed to verify the call and asked for a name or number to register my call because I was asked to get those details by my coordinator.The person refused to identify themselves either by name or number. I asked to be transferred to a senior person and was refused. The person I spoke to then hung up the phone.

Justice Action criticises Govt's victim voice policy
Victims are not being properly considered in compensation and no expression is given to them, of community goodwill. A spokesperson for Justice Action Mr Brett Collins said, "No community expression or concern is given to the victims of crime. They feel their pain is not acknowledged by the government which tries to balance pain against pain. Never! The community is being misled."

NSW education professor warns further commitment needed
The author of a report on the New South Wales education system has urged the major political parties to do more for education in the election campaign.

Coalition proposes to exploit children
The Coalition says it would reform juvenile justice in New South Wales to require the courts to "get tough" on juvenile crime.

Corrections Victoria and criminal acts: SCS-4\320 UPDATE
You have stated "Section 30 of the Corrections Act 1986 and the Information Privacy Act 2000, restricts the release of confidential information regarding prisoners, I therefore am unable to provide any information regarding this matter."

Death camps looming in Victoria
A letter was received on 15 January 03 from SCS-4\320 a remand prisoner in Victoria's Barwon Prison I later found out that the prisoner was in the Acacia High Security Unit.

Jail search finds knives, syringes
Mr Brett Collins a spokesperson for Justice Action said, "It shows there is a lot of desperation in the prison system at the moment and has been for some time."

Take crime talk beyond the bars:'lobby group'
A coalition of academics, crime experts, welfare and church groups is preparing to launch an intensive pre-election campaign aimed at refocusing the attention of NSW politicians from harsh sentencing reforms to crime prevention strategies.

Six weeks, six months, six years: inmates have little chance of making fresh start More than 15,500 people are released from NSW prisons each year, twice the number of 20 years ago. But new research shows many ex-prisoners find it impossible to reintegrate into society and, months after release, are worse off than before they went to jail.

Fiona Stanley, the children's crusader
It is all about prevention. As Fiona Stanley sees it, with one in five Australian teenagers experiencing significant mental health problems, there are just not enough treatment services to cope with the demand.

Attempted thong theft costs $560
A man has been fined $500 after appearing in a northern New South Wales court charged with stealing a pair of thongs.

NSW A-G moves to stop criminals and ex-criminals selling stories
From next month criminals or ex-criminals who try to profit (earn a living for paid work, like writing a book etc..) from their crimes in New South Wales will have the proceeds confiscated.

NSW Govt criticised over criminal justice record
Key criminal justice groups have described the New South Wales Government's record on justice issues as a "disappointing performance".

APPOINTMENT OF KLOK IS: 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
The decision of the Carr government to appoint John Jacob Klok as the new Assistant Commissioner for Corrective Services in charge of security represents a statement of contempt to all those concerned about law and justice in NSW.

How NSW Dept of Corrective Services spent $800,000 dollars to rehabilitate a Sydney man sentenced to life for second murder! A spokesperson for Justice Action Mr Pro Grams said, "Well it's your money, how would you like it spent? And what do you think about rehabilitation on behalf of the Department of Corruptive Services?

Prisoners Representatives Excommunicated
Ron Woodham, Commissioner Corrective Services stated "[this Department] does not recognise Justice Action as an advocate on correctional centre issues." He has ordered a ban on all Justice Action material inside the NSW prison system. This resulted from a request for the approval of the latest edition of Framed (the Magazine of Justice Action) to be distributed throughout NSW prisons as has occurred for the past ten years.

Academic devises scheme for low income earners to pay back fines:
A professor at the Australian National University [another one of John Howard's hand picked losers like Peter Saunders the social services head-kicker has come up with a scheme which could see low income earners pay back criminal fines over a period of time.

Dept of Corrective Services: Rotten Ron Woodham on the ropes
This is The Freeedom Of Speech and The Press in a goldfish-bowl! Herr Goebells has spoken. Zieg Heil! (Which means, actually: "aim-for health!" incidentally)Apologies for not making meetings ... my first experiences with Woodham (then a -screw-gestapo-minor-with-a-friendly-dog - AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS WHEN EVEN HIS DOG DOESN`T LIKE HIM?)

At the Minister's Pleasure The case of Michael Kelly
Michael is caught up in a particularly cruel version of the game of Cat and Mouse. Because he is classified as a forensic patient under the Mental Heath Act of NSW, the Minister for Health is his master, not the Minister for Corrective Services. And the Minister for health will not let him go.

EX-PRISONER UNEMPLOYMENT: SENTENCED FOR LIFE
Name removed by request served time in prison decades ago. Shes still being punished today. According to commonwealth and state legislation, ex-prisoners applying for jobs must declare any conviction that fits into the following categories: less than 10 years old, more than 10 years old but served more than 30 months in prison.

ARE YOU INNOCENT?
The Australian Law Reform Commission had recommended that the Innocence Panel be independent and have the power to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.

RESTORING TRUE JUSTICE:
Australian prisons are fast becoming the new asylums of the third millennium. The prison industry is booming, while Australia spends far less on mental health services than similar countries.

NSW Department of Corrective Services attack right to privacy
Corrective Services Minister Richard Amery has a problem attacking prisoners right to privacy.It seems to us that a civil society is best served when social justice laws are applied to all people regardless of their circumstances. Once government starts making exceptions which disadvantage certain groups and individuals, such laws are meaningless.

Litigants are drowning: in the High Court
There were so many self represented litigants appearing in the High Court that more than half of its registry staff's time was taken up in dealing with them. The "go it alone" litigants have to take on tasks well above their qualified league causing them stress. This growing problem cannot be left unchecked.

Everyone wants to get out of 'jail' but 'Framed' wants life: Rotten Ron on the ropes On 2 May 2002, Justice Action received a faxed letter from Manager of DCS Operations Support Branch saying that, in his view, articles in Framed edition #42 'lack balance and integrity' and he is therefore 'not prepared to recommend this issue of Framed for placement in to correctional centre libraries.' Prisoners and those concerned about prisoner issues have very few sources of information.

Methadone addicts formed within: 'NSW Prisons'
The New South Wales Opposition has accused the State Government of turning jailed heroin users into Methadone addicts.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder Mass DNA testing of prisoners has [allegedly] led to the first NSW case of a person being charged with a previously unsolved murder as a result of a controversial gene-matching data bank.

Medical Records: Alex Mitchell's lost world
Perhaps we can get your medical report and spew it around publicly so you can see how it feels. But surely we do not have to go that far. And of course we are law-abiding citizens and I should think it would be enough to remind you of your ethics to report at all.

Prisoners can prove innocence for $20?
Les Kennedy Daily Telegraph reported today that" Prisoners who believe that DNA will prove they were wrongly convicted will have the chance to prove their innocence for a mere $20 administration fee. The move comes 20 months after NSW inmates were asked to provide DNA for comparison with a databank of DNA from unsolved crime scenes for possible convictions.

NSW opposition pledges review of detention laws
A spokesperson for Justice Action Ms Anal Advice said " NSW Prisons are a sex offence if you have been raped, bashed and squatted down to be strip searched. People should be diverted from going there at all material times".

Civil libertarians condemn planned changes to prisoners' privacy rights The New South Wales Government is using a recent case involving [framed] serial killer Ivan Milat to justify its decision to remove the privacy rights of prisoners. But really just another attack on Ivan Milat from Parliament House.

The punishment: Is the 'crime'
The punishment is the crime according to retired chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Justice Alistair Nicholson. "Smacking a child ought to be seen as assault".

Mr. & Mrs. Mandatory Sentencing
Well congratulations to the bride and groom. Could you please be upstanding and raise your glasses for Mr. And Mrs. Mandatory.

Just wipe your arse on Ivan again Minister?
Mr Amery Minister for Corrective services has a problem with finding a toilet roll to wipe his bottom. Justice Action is appalled at the attacks by Amery and others in parliament on Ivan Milat's right to privacy and their attacks on the Privacy Commissioner and his office.

NSW Parliament Bitter Pills To Swallow?
One delusion pill: So people who investigate their own mistakes make sure there was no mistake or someone else made the mistake. Perhaps you're not biased and you will be honest about it.

NSW prisons - primary industry bailed up!
In many quiet regional centres around NSW there is a new primary industry shaping up. It has something to do with Bail but not with bales. The minister for Agriculture Richard Amery who also has the prisons portfolio is now committed to farming prisoners.

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Prison Mind Games-Do they exist?
Directives are given inside the prison system that are not consistent with the law in NSW. And not in the good interests of the health and well being of the prisoners.

The Government is likely to abolish the Inspector General of Corrective Services position The Mulawa inspection report recommendations below strictly illustrate how important he is.

Chronology - A History of Australian Prisons
[Allegedly:] The events that have shaped NSW prisons - from convict days through royal commissions, to the Supermax of today. [I say allegedly because no one should trust Four Corners [Walls], why? Because they spill out the propaganda of the day for the Government, whether it be wrong or right. A government that lies and has no remorse about it.]

Howard's ethics seeks reverence with the Queen about war in Iraq? Or about Dr... Hollingworths worth?

Ring of Power: Secret Rulers of the World 1-29

Most learned Australians would argue that killing innocent families including children in Iraq to fix the problem [lack of resources] also had no valid principals, values, morals or ethics.

PRIME Minister John Howard who is responsible for Australia's army killing innocent families including children in Iraq has spent an hour with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, while the furore over Governor-General Peter Hollingworth continues to grow back home.

The meeting, the PM's first with the Queen this year, was expected to include discussion about the pressure on Dr Hollingworth to step down.

In this instants if Howard were to be discussing Dr Hollingworth in relation to his ethics, as Governor General then it would have to be said in my respectful view that this is the pot calling the kettle black.

But details of the meeting are not expected to be revealed by the prime minister who has grown increasingly testy with questions about the issue.

Howard has been out of the country since a report by the Anglican church found Dr Hollingworth failed to properly deal with sexual abuse claims while he was Brisbane archbishop.

But most learned Australians would argue that killing innocent families including children in Iraq to fix the problem also had no valid principals, values, morals or ethics. And indeed with the greatest respect a contradiction within itself for Howard in terms of Dr Hollinworth's handling of child sexual abuse.

In his only public comment on the report, Mr Howard said he could see no reason for him to recommend to the Queen that Dr Hollingworth be sacked. In short Howard's behaviour since sending our militants to Iraq leaves his own ethics questionable in the eyes of the innocent victims families and friends and Howard knows it.

Today, when questioned again about the issue and polls showing strong support for Dr Hollingworth's removal, Howard refused to answer. But the polls apparently approved the war in Iraq and the killing and maiming of innocent families in Iraq so why should news polls dubbed news propaganda pill's by GKCNN have any issue with the PM indeed? Polls don't tell you how much your worth as a human being who is blown to bits because you're in the wrong place at the wrong time. Polls tell you about your political career correct me if I am wrong.

Howard "I don't have anything to add to what I've previously said on that issue," he replied.

The Hollingworth issue is clouding efforts by Howard to focus on the post-war Iraq reconstruction [?] talks he has had with the United States and will take up with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The two leaders will have something to celebrate when they meet, with Howard to present Mr Blair with half a dozen Australian red wines to mark the British PM's 50th birthday this week.

Once his British engagements are concluded, Howard will head to Doha in Qatar to meet some of the 2000 Australian militants who were involved in the resource war in Iraq.

The pressure on Peter Hollingworth to resign as Governor-General intensified last night as three Anglican bishops said it was time for their former colleague to step down. "Australians deserve unequivocal ethical behaviour and best practice in all aspects of community leadership," said the Bishop of Bathurst, Richard Hurford. Divisions within the Howard Government over the Governor-General's future became more obvious yesterday when some ministers appeared to urge Dr Hollingworth to ride out the storm.

But he had little support from his church, which is reeling from an inquiry's finding that Dr Hollingworth failed to deal with child sex offenders among the clergy when he was Archbishop of Brisbane.

The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was forthright. "He hasn't got much choice. I feel for him and his wife and their personal circumstances. But the more I've thought about it the more I think he should resign, for the sake [of the office] and for the sake of the church."

Last night, a Government House spokesman said the Governor-General was hanging on and had "no current plans" to attempt to explain himself further to the public - a day after a Herald, ACNielsen poll revealed 76 per cent of Australians want him to quit.

The Anglican Primate, Peter Carnley, has already admitted the church has been seriously damaged by the scandal - but Bishop Hurford said there was more at stake than the church's reputation. "Public perception has become the reality and it would appear that Dr Hollingworth's position has become untenable. While the Governor-General alone must make the decision whether to remain or to relinquish the office, it is now imperative that the moral authority of the office of the Governor-General is not squandered."

The Bishop of Newcastle, Roger Herft, said that if he was in Dr Hollingworth's shoes, his course of action would be clear. "With such a significant proportion of people saying the position [of Governor-General] is being diminished - and even given concerns that my successor could face similar mauling - for the good of the nation I would say it is time for me to move on."

An advocate for a Wagga Wagga woman says the office of Governor-General has been sullied by the report into Dr Peter Hollingworth's handling of child sexual abuse cases.

An Anglican Church report has found Dr Hollingworth should have been more compassionate in recognising the wrong suffered by the Wagga woman who, when she was 15, had a sexual relationship with a priest who later became a bishop. Since the report's release last week, calls for the Governor-General to stand down have continued, but the Prime Minister is sticking by Dr Hollingworth.

The woman's advocate, Wendy McCarthy, says the former Archbishop of Brisbane failed to respond at a proper level. She says while Dr Hollingworth apologised to her friend, it was only after the Australian Story television program. "If you damage the role of the bishopric, you damage the role of the priesthood and you're now damaging the role of governor-general. I mean...I don't care one thing about the individual concerned, but I do care about the institution that person has represented," she said. Ms McCarthy says the Wagga woman has not sought compensation, but she believes she should. "She hasn't had emotional support, psychological compensation, nobody's paid for her to have a counsellor, nobody's given her a chance to go back and be retrained and re-educated," she said. "She's had no opportunities offered to her by the church except a rather mealy-mouthed apology after Australian Story."

LEST WE FORGET JOHN HOWARD

Boat people and John Howard don't have anything in common because John Howard can't put himself in the same boat and that's the problem. Howard never once stopped to think about having his son or daughter or family member under a bomb to fix the problem in Iraq or he would never have joined the coalition of pre-emptive terrorists wagging war on innocent people.

By Uncons Cionable in London 7 May 03

THE LEADER: If you lead by example you will always have the ability to change the values of the whole community and sadly we have been disgraced by the Howard government who stumbles to make any ground in relation to Human Rights in Australian in 2003.

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PM man of steel? Or killer and a thief?
Is JOHN Howard a killer and a thief or a man of steel after he dropped bombs on innocent civilians in order to fix the problem in Iraq for trade agreements with the US? Thousands of children are now dieing of disease.

LEST WE FORGET JOHN HOWARD
Boat people and John Howard don't have anything in common because John Howard can't put himself in the same boat and that's the problem. Howard never once stopped to think about having his son or daughter or family member under a bomb to fix the problem in Iraq or he would never have joined the coalition of pre-emptive terrorists wagging war on innocent people.

Thousands march for peace! But does that mean no war?
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets around the country yesterday to march against the war in Iraq and for world peace.

The Empire Strikes Back: Sydney anti-war rally
School children in uniforms, groups of young men and older protesters have gathered on one side of Town Hall while at least 200 police have gathered around the area.

Human shield describes 'sickening' scenes
An Australian 'human shield' who has fled Iraq into neighbouring Jordan has described the sight of bombed out buildings and distraught Iraqis as "sickening".

US disturbed over 'biased' reporting in Arab media! But the US lies to the world! How could anyone describe pre-emptive strikes on a sovereign nation, occupation, genocide, torture, and human rights abuse by the Coalition of the Killing in a positive light?

Coalition force 'surprised' by stiff resistance for food aid
About 4,000-5,000 allied forces have launched what they vowed would be an all-out blitz. "We're going straight through that city," a US Marine officer, who asked not to be named, said. "It will be a Hail Mary with guns ablazing."

Australians don't support US military action: poll
The second Australia-wide poll since the war began has found most Australians disapprove of the United States using military force to depose Saddam Hussein.

Explosions rock Baghdad, jets overhead Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 20 [Rooters] A handful of explosions rocked Baghdad at dawn today as jets roared overhead, Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries opened up and air raid sirens sounded.

AUSTRALIA AT WAR! Moment of death...
"The opening stages of the disarmament of the Iraqi regime [? resource war on Iraq regime] have begun ," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer [should have] said minutes after the strikes. He said Bush would speak at 2.15pm (AEDT).

Hit the road Jack and don't you come back No War, Jack Straw, No War, No War! LONDON: Nick Buxton, organising the protest outside Mr Straw's house, said: "We got the message across that the war is going to have a very huge humanitarian impact and people are angry about this war."

Moment of death 'HoWARd'
JOHN Howard lost the war for public opinion as Australia braces to invade Iraq by the end of the week. With nationwide anti-war protests, and Labor scrapping 30 years of bipartisanship on sending troops overseas, the Coalition has failed all Australians.

Evidence that Howard was complicit in CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali bombings War criminal John Howard was complicit in the call to arms - false flag operation - Bali bombings - instigated by the CIA - and the Coalition of the Killing - to bolster support - and quell dissent for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.

War criminal Howard high-jacks HRCA to 'legitimise killing'
The Human Rights Council of Australia (HRCA) says it fears Prime Minister John Howard's comments in support of the execution of [CIA operative] Osama bin Laden show his eagerness to overturn three decades of national opposition to the death penalty.

PM lost in space! Pre-emptive Strikes & Star Wars Defence!!
War criminal PM backs missile defence investigation but he is not on his own. Bob Carr dubbed Darth Vader after draconian laws were introduced in NSW following John Howard's threats to strike first and ask questions later.

Doom gloom and 'Boom' Downer shakes the room?
"Optimism is better and so is 'constructive feedback' because using constructive feedback means that the negatives also have a role in the construction of a nation. In short we have all the time in world to solve problems properly and that is what our leaders should be focusing on when they decide to inform all Australians. Hey what's the rush?" He said.

Hypocrisy not Democracy? No Blood for Oil!
Howard has refused to back down on the threat of war despite hundreds of thousands of Australians rallying against it. The question is why?

Australia backs CIA Reichstag, Downer's propaganda
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the latest message from Osama bin Laden is worrying. [Just plain rubbish!]

UK Reid, Blair and the reichstag London threat!
The nature of the [alleged] terrorist threat to London is on the scale of the [USA false flag] September 11 attacks in the United States, the chairman of Britain's governing Labour Party said.

Bin Laden calls? CIA blind man's bluff!
A [US propaganda, fear-mongering] taped message purportedly from Osama bin Laden has warned Arab nations against supporting a war against Iraq but has branded Saddam Hussein an infidel.

U.S. AMBASSADOR WARNED TO STOP MEDDLING:
The Australian Federal Opposition and Labor Party Leader, Simon Crean, has again warned the U.S. ambassador to stop meddling in Australian politics.

War: Part one The human cost
On the road to Basra, ITV was filming wild dogs as they tore at the corpses of the Iraqi dead. Every few seconds a ravenous beast would rip off a decaying arm and make off with it over the desert in front of us, dead fingers trailing through the sand, the remains of the burned military sleeve flapping in the wind. "Just for the record,'' the cameraman said to me. Of course. Because ITV would never show such footage.

Mandela speaks out against Bush, Blair
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has lashed out at US President George W Bush's stance on Iraq, saying the US leader has no foresight, and cannot think properly.

All the way with (LPK) Love Peace and Kindness: Dalai Lama
Communication is a two way street. Threats and punishment solve nothing and serve none. In fact it is against the law in most countries to threaten or punish a person.

Hill defends decision to attack Iraq: Step by step?
FEDERAL Defence [War] Minister [Sinister] Robert Hill has defended the government's decision to send troops [ send militia] to the Persian Gulf [ to attack Iraq] in readiness for any [pre-emptive strike that would cause a] conflict with Iraq.

Pleas for peace ring the globe
Anti-war demonstrators turned out in their hundreds of thousands around the world on Saturday to protest against United States military preparations for an invasion of Iraq.

Not too late for Iraq peace, Blix says
But we all know that's rubbish now. The Coalition of the Killing were not seeking WMD in Iraq, they were there for their resource wars. So who gave the 'UN' and Blix the wrong information back then? War criminals!

George Bush's other poodle
John Howard, Australia's PM, is the mouse that roars for America, whipping his country into war fever and paranoia about terrorism within.

US prepares for trade talks with Australia but it's not worth it!
The office of the United States Trade Representative has started formally preparing its negotiating position for the first round of talks on a free trade agreement between Australia and the US.

First strike and you're out!
The ideology of a super loser? John Howard shocks the nation again. A nation who cannot believe Howard's stupidity following his [complicity in the CIA's false flag operation, the Bali bombing.]

UN charter doesn't reflect new self-defence needs: Hill?
The Defence [War] Minister, Robert Hill, says the United Nations' charter needs to be changed to help countries defend themselves against potential threats. [?] [Pre-emptive strikes on soveriegn nation states like Iraq and Afghanistan?]

PM man of steel? Or killer and a thief ?

Is JOHN Howard a killer and a thief or a man of steel after he dropped bombs on innocent civilians in order to fix the problem in Iraq for trade agreements with the US? Thousands of children are now dieing of disease.

Is Howard Having trouble accepting his failure to see all people as equal? Dubbed "the Man of Steel", by George W Ya and back for another trade agreement Howard prefers to pretend he hadn't been given the name.

Man of Steel came from President George W. Bush at his ranch in Texas two days ago. But the Man who stole himself isn't wearing the tag.

Howard: "I've long since eschewed personal introspection. I've long since eschewed trying to put descriptions or whatever on myself," he said.

"I will leave that to others. I've seen others wander into that sort of area and get into awful trouble."

John Howard suffers from his conscience as metal with no heart. Howard was the pin-up boy at Yankee Stadium in New York yesterday, getting almost as much attention as the $24 million-a-year baseballers on the field below his official box.

All I can say is Yankee stay in the US.

Applause rang out as an announcer introduced Howard [?] and outlined Australia's involvement in Iraq to a the crowd watching on a giant screen. One wonders what response he would get if introduced by an announcer in Iraq?

But the Prime Minister dismissed a suggestion he might have Bush visit to help in the next election.

"I'd never want to involve a foreign leader in an Australian domestic campaign," he said. "The last Australian prime minister who invoked the name of a foreign policy leader suffered a very dismal fate."

Before the 1996 election, which he lost, Mr Keating said no Asian leaders would have anything to do with Mr Howard if he was elected.

26 September 2001:Tampa, terror boost Howard

Monday, 3 September, 2001: Boat people's plea to Australia

Broadcast: 1/11/01 ABC

Taliban ambassador warns Australia.

The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan said Australia would not be immune from a holy war, because of its alliance with America in military action against Afghanistan. Abdul Salam Zaeef would not say what form a holy war against Australia might take, but warned anyone who joins with the Americans, is seen as American.

1/11/01 ABC

Call for jihad against Australia rejected

The vice-president of the Lebanese Muslim Association said Australian Muslims should disregard the Taliban comments. Prime Minister John Howard has also rejected the Taliban's warning.

JOHN HOWARD, PM: I do want to assure the Australian public that everything is being done that can be done.

We shouldn't ignore this, but we shouldn't overreact and we should understand that, in a sense, a remark of this kind was to be expected, given the fact that Australia has, quite properly and quite strongly, identified herself with the US.

LEST WE FORGET JOHN HOWARD

Boat people and John Howard don't have anything in common because John Howard can't put himself in the same boat and that's the problem. Howard never once stopped to think about having his son or daughter or family member under a bomb to fix the problem in Iraq or he would never have joined the coalition of pre-emptive terrorists wagging war on innocent people.

By The Superman 6 May 03

LOIS LANE: George W Bush was involved in our domestic campaign last election I think? Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than the average Australian. Able to destroy families in Iraq with a single guided missile. Look, up in the sky. It's a bird? It's a plane? It's John Howard looking for a 4 Billion dollar trade agreement. Man of steel? Or Killer and a thief?

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First strike and you're out!
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Everyone loses his or her champion Chris Puplick

THE resignation of NSW anti-discrimination chief Chris Puplick has dashed the bid by everyone who has ever suffered over a privacy breach or who has been discriminated against.

Mr Puplick took up everyone's complaints with integrity, impartiality and independently of the government.

In response, the Carr Government nailed him to the wall for doing his job. The Carr government offended by Mr Puplick's ability not to discriminate and treat people equally, which was obviously in direct contravention of the Carr government's policy.

Mr Puplick had continued to write to the Premier demanding action on the Milat case.

But Mr Puplick's resignation on Friday over the alleged conflict of interest revealed by The Daily Terror means we have lost a decent watchdog that defended our rights.

Shame on you Terror you loser newspaper. There are calls today to sack Campbell Reid the editor.

Mr Puplick was forced to resign over revelations he had helped a friend win thousands of dollars in compensation for a workplace complaint over gay victimisation.

The conflict and other matters are under investigation by NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour who is slack to say the least and another pro Carr government lackey who needs to investigate himself. A preliminary report is close to completion.

Mr Puplick will be given a chance to respond to that report before it is handed to Attorney-General Bob Debus for consideration. What a joke, Bob Debus and the boys club.

While Mr Puplick's resignation means Debus no longer has to decide whether he should stay on as Anti-Discrimination Board president and Privacy Commissioner, it may not be the end of the matter, with sources saying some of the matters being investigated by the Ombudsman could be taken further.

In the interim, Mr Puplick's position is being filled by the director-general of the Attorney-General's Department, Laurie Glanfield, ahead of the appointment of a new ADB president and Privacy Commissioner. Definitely not to be trusted.

NSW Department of Corrective Services attack right to privacy

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Medical Records: Alex Mitchell's lost world

Perhaps we can get your medical report and spew it around publicly so you can see how it feels. But surely we do not have to go that far. And of course we are law-abiding citizens and I should think it would be enough to remind you of your ethics to report at all.

By This is not the Daily Terror 5 May 03

Tribute to Chris Puplick

Robert Miles: When all is said and done we are all one. When we cry when we laugh I am half you are half. Look how far we have come one and one still is one.

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The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has rejected the idea of new laws against terrorism in Australia. [Draconian laws for the Coalition of the Killing to quell dissent and bolster support for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]

Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty [Guilty] has suggested new terrorism measures including courts for terrorist crimes, prolonged detentions and special accreditation for lawyers representing alleged terrorists. [Scapegoats and patsies.]

But DPP Nicholas Cowdery says this would go against many basic rights Australians are lucky to have.

Mr Cowdery says there is no need to rush about depriving ordinary people of rights that have been taken for granted for so long.

Mr Cowdery: "The laws that we have in place, 'if they are applied properly' and with discretion, are quite capable of meeting a [CIA false flag, call to arms] Bali situation or any other terrorist situation that might erupt here," he said.

[But no one locked up and charged John HoWARd and Mick Guilty with treason and war crimes and crimes against humanity? Is that what you call discretion?]

LEST WE FORGET JOHN HOWARD

Boat people and John Howard don't have anything in common because John Howard can't put himself in the same boat and that's the problem. Howard never once stopped to think about having his son or daughter or family member under a bomb to fix the problem in Iraq or he would never have joined the coalition of pre-emptive terrorists wagging war on innocent people.

Australian Terror cell here long before Bali

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Federal Government proposal to abolish the post of Race Discrimination Commissioner

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By DPP posted 3 May 03

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State may adopt tough ACT law

FOR the past four years police have wanted the NSW Government to tighten the bail laws for repeat offenders to give them more control over the population and to silence critics or agitators. Police have lobbied for more power in light of Noble Cause Corruption and corruption within the Force generally.

The Government said last night it was working on a proposal. But the government is seeking more control over the population by introducing draconian legislation constantly.

The Attorney General's Department is corrupt. It's working party, in operation since January, appears likely to adopt a position of near-automatic refusal of bail for repeat offenders opposed to community solutions for social problems.

GKCNN understands that the working party's recommendations are due by the end of June and most likely will recommend adopting the ACT's bail laws, which are draconian.

ACT law says, "a court or authorised officer must not grant bail to the accused unless satisfied that special or exceptional circumstances exist justifying the granting of bail". While this clause is tough allowing a repeat offender to get bail, it is considered far tougher than the current NSW law. Since June last year, NSW bail laws have stated there is no presumption in favour of bail for [alleged] repeat criminal offenders. [?]

The Opposition's legal affairs spokesman Andrew Tink will be working today to get an immediate toughening of bail laws. He will present a bill to Parliament today, which is proposing to tighten this situation so there is a presumption against bail for [alleged] repeat offenders. [?] Tink said weak existing bail laws allowed repeat offenders to continually walk free from court after being 'accused' of another crime.

GKCNN has consistently highlighted draconian bail laws. Earlier this year, The Daily Terror exploited another case. Adam Speyer, 22, who was continually, granted bail, despite being born 22 years ago. Apparently they forgot to mention his first mistake when he dropped his babies bottle off his high chair and was granted bail.

By Police State 1 May 03

THE FOX: Why does one case set a precedent for the whole population? Have we gone stark raving mad? Or is it because of some loser at the Daily Terror bends over and cops it off the government or police. No brain to think? Or the politics of selling papers?

Why blame existing laws? The magistrate whoever that was? Granted bail in the Bardakos domestic violence case? Why wasn't the magistrate named? It granted bail in the domestic violence case when he/she had Bardakos's previous history and the current alleged offences in front of him/her. Instead of admissions that the magistrate should have used common sense and made a mistake, by not holding him in custody and offering him some social support, the ruling class argue for tighter restrictions on bail laws, for the whole community.Why is that?

Killer freed without support?

The evidence was clear. Bardakos had repeatedly threatened Ms van Koeverden and her family after their relationship soured in early March.

If you want to do something about domestic violence teach life skills that include conflict resolution and communication. Perhaps you can get away from the Barramundi for while and read a few books?

Of course there are definitely no repeat offenders in the Police Force?

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Killer freed without support?

It was alleged she was abducted, raped and tortured by her estranged husband. When he was freed on bail.

The question is did he have any support or counselling? In a crisis situation in relation to domestic violence most people need support. Trish van Koeverden knew he was going to kill her. It was only a matter of time before Trish van Koeverden was going to die.

Her estranged husband Tony Bardakos, who had been charged with her abduction, rape and torture, had been freed on bail [by whom?] "She just hoped she didn't see it coming," her mother Dawn van Koeverden said yesterday. "She told the police that she did a stupid thing letting him into her life but didn't want to die because of it."

It took 14 days for Bardakos to find her and gun her down on Tuesday afternoon. Bardakos, 48, had a lengthy record for violence dating back to 1974, including a previous conviction for the abduction of an ex-wife.

But he was granted conditional bail, [by whom?] despite strong concerns being raised for Trish van Koeverden's safety.

The evidence was [allegedly] clear. Bardakos had repeatedly threatened Ms van Koeverden and her family after their relationship soured in early March.

As part of his conditional bail, he was prohibited from approaching his wife or going within 30km of her parents' home in Lake Macquarie [by whom?]

On Tuesday, 41-year-old Ms van Koeverden, a midwife, was en route to her solicitor's office when Bardakos pulled in front of her in Cameron St in the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton, at 3.40pm.

In the minutes that followed, Bardakos dragged her from her car and knocked her to the ground with the butt of a rifle.

The mother-of-two begged for her life but Bardakos had no intention of sparing her. He shot her twice at point-blank range with a bolt-action shotgun and a rifle. About an hour later, police found Bardakos dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in his car in the nearby suburb of Mayfield.

"Trish knew he was going to kill her," Mrs van Koeverden said. "We can't understand why they let him out.

"We knew he was a violent man. There was no way we could protect Trish." Ms van Koeverden's family, friends, police and prosecutors are outraged that Bardakos was given bail [by whom?]

A senior prosecutor involved in one of the bail applications is believed to have become physically sick when told of Ms van Koeverden's death yesterday. The Crown had argued that Bardakos would harm or threaten to harm Ms van Koeverden if he were released. Mrs van Koeverden said Trish knew her life was in danger the moment she learned Bardakos has been released on bail [by whom?]

Shadow Attorney-General Andrew Tink yesterday said the case highlighted the pressing on-going need to reform the bail system for repeat offenders. "I will be introducing a private members Bill today to tighten the laws and take away the presumption of bail for repeat offenders," Mr Tink said.

A spokesperson for Justice Action Mr Brett Collins said, "Tink's proposal to lock more people up will cause more murder and make society more dangerous."

"Crime including murder is the result of many factors all due to being human and wider pressures on individuals to increase the pressure on some people by barbaric conditions can only make them more anti-social and dangerous." He said.

By Coun Selling May 1 03

Ed: Why blame existing laws? The magistrate whoever that was? Why wasn't the magistrate named? Granted bail in the domestic violence case when he/she had Bardakos's previous history and the current alleged offences in front of him/her. Instead of admissions that the magistrate should have used common sense and made a mistake by not holding him in custody and offering him some social support, the ruling class argue for tighter restrictions on bail laws, for the whole community.Why is that?

Abolition of 800 year old double jeopardy law a crime

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Carr's Castle the real story H.R.M.U.The High Risk Management Unit Goulburn Correctional Centre

The Australian Institute of Criminology's Standard Guidelines for Corrections in Australia - 1996 just don't cover the Goulburn HRMU according to Mr Ron Woodham Commissioner of Corrective Services. The High Risk Management Unit (HRMU) is the centrepiece of a major $22M redevelopment of Goulburn Correctional Centre.

You can't see a doctor for six months is one of the complaints.

A prisoner writes, " I was unsuccessful in my letters to Dr Matthews CEO of the Corrections Health Service on my problem regarding air - claustrophobic effect the cells have on me. Just recently the management decided my injuries are not seriously affecting me so no further discussions are necessary.

They are fairly confident in their own assessment as they know every attempt I had previously made to Matthews and other relevant authorities about the matter were dismissed and that is that. In the meantime I still quite often have great moments of anxiety and feel no air and choke-up and get quite bewildered in my attempts to overcome the problem.

This place is purposely built as a basic box in a box. Once our back door is closed there is no natural ventilation and no natural light. The guidelines I read of are not included in 'Carr's Castle' design, and in reality this place is poorly designed and difficult for everyone, prisoners and management.

Management bought it up themselves as each new rule generally cuts across an old rule. I am not concerned about the purpose of the place, but I am about the panic attacks I get in here because it is a straight out box. As I have other issues going on as well I feel some people will confuse those issues and my actions. The lack of air in cells or claustrophobia are both related to it's a box and once I feel the walls closing in and I realise there is no air, no openings- yet I can see air and know its out-side the door and that is what causes me to panic as I know I can't get to it."

"In other units the ASU or MPU I could always get to the grille and breathe in fresh air and after a few minutes I would feel better, in here one cannot do this."

The wife of a prisoner who is now on a hunger strike writes to Justice Action, "I would like to state that I believe that the degree of punishment "D" has received is very severe. Whilst being housed in the H.M.R.U. "D" has been threatened bashed and told by an officer "how would you like to be found hanging in your cell." "D" has made a statements regarding these incidents but has never been informed of any action taken regarding these events."

"I myself have tried five times to speak to the governor at Goulburn in relation to these events and have been unable to speak to him and I am still waiting for him to return my calls. "D" went into custody as a young offender and whilst in the departments custody has never been treated in such a manner despite the sentencing judges recommendations for the department to do so. I fear for "D" health and safety whilst housed at H.M.R.U. as "D" has expressed his concerns to me."

THE PRISONER: Standard Guidelines for Corrections in Australian were. That is, before 'Carr's Castle' (were) as follows:

SECTION 1 - Guiding Principles
1.2 Correctional programs are by the deprivation of liberty to varying degrees, a punishment in themselves. Therefore correctional programs must not, except as incidental to the maintenance of discipline or justifiable segregation, aggravate the suffering inherent in such a situation.

Inspection and Community Involvement
3.1 Each Administering Department must establish a set of clear guidelines for the operation of prisons and community corrections centres, and the management of prisoners and offenders. An inspectorial or review system must be established by each Administering Department to ensure these guidelines are administered in each prison and community correction centre.

Requests and Complaints
3.21 Every offender and prisoner must have the opportunity of making requests or complaints to the designated authorities, including Official Visitors and members of any Aboriginal Visitors Scheme or similar body.
3.22 Every offender and prisoner must have the right to make complaints under confidential cover to persons authorised either under legislation or by the Administering Department.
3.23 All officers must promptly reply to and deal with every request or complaint addressed or referred to them.

Use of Force
5.40 A prison officer may, where necessary, use reasonable force to compel a prisoner to obey a lawful order given by the prison officer. Where such force is used the prison officer must report the fact to the Manager of the prison.

Health Services
5.66 For every prison, the services of at least one qualified medical officer must be available twenty-four hours a day. This service may be on an on-call or standby basis. Medical services should be organised in close relationship with the general health administration in the community and must include access to a psychiatric service for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder.

Accommodation
5.23 In new prisons, accommodation should generally be provided in single cells or rooms. Provision may be made however, for multiple cell accommodation for the management of particular prisoners.
5.24 Existing dormitories should only be occupied by prisoners who are suited to them.
5.25 All accommodation provided for the use of prisoners should meet all requirements of health. Due regard must be paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation.
5.26 In all places where prisoners are required to live or work:
* the windows should be large enough to enable the prisoners to read or work by natural light, and should be constructed in such a way that they allow entrance of fresh air except where there is artificial ventilation;
* artificial light should be provided to enable prisoners to read or work without injury to eyesight.
5.27 Toilet and sanitary facilities must be provided for prisoners to use as required, and these must be kept in a clean condition.
5.28 Adequate bathing and shower installations must be provided to enable every prisoner to maintain general hygiene by bathing or showering at a temperature suitable for the climate.
5.29 All parts of a prison should be properly maintained and kept clean at all times.

By Guantanamo Bay 1 May 03

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In order to begin on a reasonable note in our relationship we have been patient. Today the Chief of Staff said that "rehabilitation" was included as a role for prison, alongside deterrence and retribution. [? Retribution until the prisoners' are released?]

Beyond Bars Alliance colleagues
There are certainly problems with the IG's terms of reference and the position is not nearly as strong as it should or could be but it should not be lost it should be strengthened (along the lines of the UK IG of Prisons) to provide an independent voice to the Parliament regarding activities and processes that otherwise happen behind prison walls.

Submissions for Review of Inspector General
There is a very serious attack happening on the office of the NSW Inspector General of Corrective Services. A secret and flawed review is taking place at this moment, and we call upon all individuals and organisations interested in the area to make their views known.

Two thirds of a billion dollars and DCS can't work out what authority they have? "Two thirds of a billion dollars of taxpayers money and the Department of Corrective Services can't work out what authority they have to hold the people who are in jail."

Australia: Private Prisons, Junee NSW
When I got to Junee I was given nothing except bed linen. That's it! No clothing. I had to put my name down for clothing, which they said I could get on Saturday. When I went down to get my clothing on Saturday I was told they had nothing but I was told that I could buy what I wanted on their monthly buy-up. In the mean time I got rashes between my legs from the dirty clothes I had on.

Justice Action meets with new Minister for Justice
John Hatzistergos Minister for Justice is meeting with Brett Collins and Justice Action today at 11:30 a.m.

ARUNTA PHONE SYSTEM: IDC Lithgow Prison
The prisoners of Lithgow Correctional Centre have requested that the Lithgow Inmate Development Committee write to you on their behalf and ask that the phone systems heavy burden upon the prisoners at this institution and their families be reviewed. I will outline the problems.

Health problems denied in prison
Lithgow Correctional Centre (IDC) Inmate Development Committee "Currently there are 72 inmates on the doctors waiting list with only one doctor coming fortnightly and usually on a weekend".

'Old guard dog' dig in heels on NSW Govt front bench - The rolling of the filthy heads... The New South Wales Premier is yet to convince at least one of his long-standing ministers to stand aside to make way for new blood on the front bench.

NSW Prisons Inmate Development Committee speaks out
I am writing on behalf of the IDC Inmate Development Committee in area 3, MSPC at Long Bay. Area 3 is where, the Department is congregating minimum-security offenders within maximum-security walls whilst awaiting mandatory programs at Cubit (Sex Offenders Program).

THE GULAG TREATMENT - The Trauma Of Court Appearances When Incarcerated Prisoner transport vehicle 10th January 2003 It's about 4.40am, very darkoutside and although I'm expecting it, it is still intrusive when my dreams are interrupted by the sound of my name, it is the officer checking that I'm awake ready to face the long day ahead.

Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
If it were possible to characterize the term B Block attitude in a modern dictionary, it would read something like "demeanor of inhabitance" or "state of mind or behaviour of occupants".

SIR DAVID LONGLAND CORRECTIONAL CENTRE QLD - CELLS IN B BLOCK The cells in B Block are like no other in any Queensland prison. After Mr. Cooper was severally embarrassed by the Abbott and Co escape on 4th November 1997, he visited B Block and the surrounding grounds. It was that visit, by Cooper, that set in motion a plan (up the ante) to make sure security in B Block would never embarrass him again. It was like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.

Inspector General Ignored On Womens Prison
Four months after a report from the Inspector General on Mulawa Correctional Centre, key recommendations involving safety and welfare of prisoners and staff have been ignored. Kathryn Armstrong (former chair of Inmate Development Committee) and Annabel Walsh, released from Mulawa Womens Prison in February, have produced an independent report confirming the findings of the Inspector General.

Distribution of: 'How to Votes in prisons'?
Justice Action have received information from Andrew Burke of the NSW Greens that they have enquired with the Department of Corrective Services as to the procedure for distributing their How To Votes in prisons in the period before the election.

Getting Justice Wrong DPP make full admissions
Back in May 2001 Nicholas Cowdery QC made an error at law by giving a speech called Getting Justice Wrong at the University of New England, Armidale Thursday, 31 May 2001. Sir Frank Kitto, Lecture now published at the DPP website. At page six, paragraph 3 under the heading:

NSW ELECTION 2003: VOTE 1 GREENS
Inspector-General: The Greens believe that the role of the Inspector-General is crucial to the proper functioning of the prison system. It has never been more important to have a powerful watchdog role than today. Section 3.11 of our Criminal Justice Policy commits the Greens to "strengthening the role of the Inspector-General of Prisons."

Long Bay Prison: The latest inside story
Private food purchases called Buy-Ups that normally take care of the prisoners additional food nutrition in Jail has been changed.

Doing time even harder: 146 prisoners far from home
The United States, however, has detained without trial about 650 men from 43 countries. They include Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, who are held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base as part of the sweep against global terrorism [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's, pre-emptive strikes, occupation and genocide for resources in the Middle East.]

Human Rights 'Framed'
Here is a quick report on our Human Rights Commission approach on Framed (the quarterly magazine of Justice Action) being banned from all NSW prisons. After 42 issues went in.

Prison Privatisation: Death camps looming in NSW
I asked for the identification of the person I was speaking to and was told that I was not entitled to that information. I needed to verify the call and asked for a name or number to register my call because I was asked to get those details by my coordinator.The person refused to identify themselves either by name or number. I asked to be transferred to a senior person and was refused. The person I spoke to then hung up the phone.

Justice Action criticises Govt's victim voice policy
Victims are not being properly considered in compensation and no expression is given to them, of community goodwill. A spokesperson for Justice Action Mr Brett Collins said, "No community expression or concern is given to the victims of crime. They feel their pain is not acknowledged by the government which tries to balance pain against pain. Never! The community is being misled."

NSW education professor warns further commitment needed
The author of a report on the New South Wales education system has urged the major political parties to do more for education in the election campaign.

Coalition proposes to exploit children
The Coalition says it would reform juvenile justice in New South Wales to require the courts to "get tough" on juvenile crime.

Corrections Victoria and criminal acts: SCS-4\320 UPDATE
You have stated "Section 30 of the Corrections Act 1986 and the Information Privacy Act 2000, restricts the release of confidential information regarding prisoners, I therefore am unable to provide any information regarding this matter."

Death camps looming in Victoria
A letter was received on 15 January 03 from SCS-4\320 a remand prisoner in Victoria's Barwon Prison I later found out that the prisoner was in the Acacia High Security Unit.

Jail search finds knives, syringes
Mr Brett Collins a spokesperson for Justice Action said, "It shows there is a lot of desperation in the prison system at the moment and has been for some time."

Take crime talk beyond the bars:'lobby group'
A coalition of academics, crime experts, welfare and church groups is preparing to launch an intensive pre-election campaign aimed at refocusing the attention of NSW politicians from harsh sentencing reforms to crime prevention strategies.

Six weeks, six months, six years: inmates have little chance of making fresh start More than 15,500 people are released from NSW prisons each year, twice the number of 20 years ago. But new research shows many ex-prisoners find it impossible to reintegrate into society and, months after release, are worse off than before they went to jail.

Fiona Stanley, the children's crusader
It is all about prevention. As Fiona Stanley sees it, with one in five Australian teenagers experiencing significant mental health problems, there are just not enough treatment services to cope with the demand.

Attempted thong theft costs $560
A man has been fined $500 after appearing in a northern New South Wales court charged with stealing a pair of thongs.

NSW A-G moves to stop criminals and ex-criminals selling stories
From next month criminals or ex-criminals who try to profit (earn a living for paid work, like writing a book etc..) from their crimes in New South Wales will have the proceeds confiscated.

NSW Govt criticised over criminal justice record
Key criminal justice groups have described the New South Wales Government's record on justice issues as a "disappointing performance".

APPOINTMENT OF KLOK IS: 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
The decision of the Carr government to appoint John Jacob Klok as the new Assistant Commissioner for Corrective Services in charge of security represents a statement of contempt to all those concerned about law and justice in NSW.

How NSW Dept of Corrective Services spent $800,000 dollars to rehabilitate a Sydney man sentenced to life for second murder! A spokesperson for Justice Action Mr Pro Grams said, "Well it's your money, how would you like it spent? And what do you think about rehabilitation on behalf of the Department of Corruptive Services?

Prisoners Representatives Excommunicated
Ron Woodham, Commissioner Corrective Services stated "[this Department] does not recognise Justice Action as an advocate on correctional centre issues." He has ordered a ban on all Justice Action material inside the NSW prison system. This resulted from a request for the approval of the latest edition of Framed (the Magazine of Justice Action) to be distributed throughout NSW prisons as has occurred for the past ten years.

Academic devises scheme for low income earners to pay back fines:
A professor at the Australian National University [another one of John Howard's hand picked losers like Peter Saunders the social services head-kicker has come up with a scheme which could see low income earners pay back criminal fines over a period of time.

Dept of Corrective Services: Rotten Ron Woodham on the ropes
This is The Freeedom Of Speech and The Press in a goldfish-bowl! Herr Goebells has spoken. Zieg Heil! (Which means, actually: "aim-for health!" incidentally)Apologies for not making meetings ... my first experiences with Woodham (then a -screw-gestapo-minor-with-a-friendly-dog - AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS WHEN EVEN HIS DOG DOESN`T LIKE HIM?)

At the Minister's Pleasure The case of Michael Kelly
Michael is caught up in a particularly cruel version of the game of Cat and Mouse. Because he is classified as a forensic patient under the Mental Heath Act of NSW, the Minister for Health is his master, not the Minister for Corrective Services. And the Minister for health will not let him go.

EX-PRISONER UNEMPLOYMENT: SENTENCED FOR LIFE
Name removed by request served time in prison decades ago. Shes still being punished today. According to commonwealth and state legislation, ex-prisoners applying for jobs must declare any conviction that fits into the following categories: less than 10 years old, more than 10 years old but served more than 30 months in prison.

ARE YOU INNOCENT?
The Australian Law Reform Commission had recommended that the Innocence Panel be independent and have the power to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.

RESTORING TRUE JUSTICE:
Australian prisons are fast becoming the new asylums of the third millennium. The prison industry is booming, while Australia spends far less on mental health services than similar countries.

NSW Department of Corrective Services attack right to privacy
Corrective Services Minister Richard Amery has a problem attacking prisoners right to privacy.It seems to us that a civil society is best served when social justice laws are applied to all people regardless of their circumstances. Once government starts making exceptions which disadvantage certain groups and individuals, such laws are meaningless.

Litigants are drowning: in the High Court
There were so many self represented litigants appearing in the High Court that more than half of its registry staff's time was taken up in dealing with them. The "go it alone" litigants have to take on tasks well above their qualified league causing them stress. This growing problem cannot be left unchecked.

Everyone wants to get out of 'jail' but 'Framed' wants life: Rotten Ron on the ropes On 2 May 2002, Justice Action received a faxed letter from Manager of DCS Operations Support Branch saying that, in his view, articles in Framed edition #42 'lack balance and integrity' and he is therefore 'not prepared to recommend this issue of Framed for placement in to correctional centre libraries.' Prisoners and those concerned about prisoner issues have very few sources of information.

Methadone addicts formed within: 'NSW Prisons'
The New South Wales Opposition has accused the State Government of turning jailed heroin users into Methadone addicts.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder Mass DNA testing of prisoners has [allegedly] led to the first NSW case of a person being charged with a previously unsolved murder as a result of a controversial gene-matching data bank.

Medical Records: Alex Mitchell's lost world
Perhaps we can get your medical report and spew it around publicly so you can see how it feels. But surely we do not have to go that far. And of course we are law-abiding citizens and I should think it would be enough to remind you of your ethics to report at all.

Prisoners can prove innocence for $20?
Les Kennedy Daily Telegraph reported today that" Prisoners who believe that DNA will prove they were wrongly convicted will have the chance to prove their innocence for a mere $20 administration fee. The move comes 20 months after NSW inmates were asked to provide DNA for comparison with a databank of DNA from unsolved crime scenes for possible convictions.

NSW opposition pledges review of detention laws
A spokesperson for Justice Action Ms Anal Advice said " NSW Prisons are a sex offence if you have been raped, bashed and squatted down to be strip searched. People should be diverted from going there at all material times".

Civil libertarians condemn planned changes to prisoners' privacy rights The New South Wales Government is using a recent case involving [framed] serial killer Ivan Milat to justify its decision to remove the privacy rights of prisoners. But really just another attack on Ivan Milat from Parliament House.

The punishment: Is the 'crime'
The punishment is the crime according to retired chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Justice Alistair Nicholson. "Smacking a child ought to be seen as assault".

Mr. & Mrs. Mandatory Sentencing
Well congratulations to the bride and groom. Could you please be upstanding and raise your glasses for Mr. And Mrs. Mandatory.

Just wipe your arse on Ivan again Minister?
Mr Amery Minister for Corrective services has a problem with finding a toilet roll to wipe his bottom. Justice Action is appalled at the attacks by Amery and others in parliament on Ivan Milat's right to privacy and their attacks on the Privacy Commissioner and his office.

NSW Parliament Bitter Pills To Swallow?
One delusion pill: So people who investigate their own mistakes make sure there was no mistake or someone else made the mistake. Perhaps you're not biased and you will be honest about it.

NSW prisons - primary industry bailed up!
In many quiet regional centres around NSW there is a new primary industry shaping up. It has something to do with Bail but not with bales. The minister for Agriculture Richard Amery who also has the prisons portfolio is now committed to farming prisoners.

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Prison Mind Games-Do they exist?
Directives are given inside the prison system that are not consistent with the law in NSW. And not in the good interests of the health and well being of the prisoners.

The Government is likely to abolish the Inspector General of Corrective Services position The Mulawa inspection report recommendations below strictly illustrate how important he is.

Chronology - A History of Australian Prisons
[Allegedly:] The events that have shaped NSW prisons - from convict days through royal commissions, to the Supermax of today. [I say allegedly because no one should trust Four Corners [Walls], why? Because they spill out the propaganda of the day for the Government, whether it be wrong or right. A government that lies and has no remorse about it.]