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A number of people who have committed acts of terrorism were radicalised in prison. Examples include Richard Reid (the 2001 ‘shoe-bomber’), some individuals involved in the 2004 Madrid bombing, and the attackers who committed the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris in 2015. Studies of European and US jihadists…
Source — The Australian Strategic Policy Institute
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Australia: 'urgent action' needed over high proportion of Indigenous women in prison, report says
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The number of Indigenous women in custody has been called “one of the most challenging human rights issues facing Australia”.
Research out today has shed new light on Indigenous women in the criminal justice system in New South Wales.
It found the number of women in NSW jails between March 2013 and June…
Source — ABC News
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Women
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Violence
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Violence against women is rarely out of the news in Australia. We are now ten years into the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women (2010-2022), but there is still a long way to go.
Our research shows this is particularly true for women who have been to prison. The considerable challenges…
Source — The conversation
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Covid-19: l’ONU s’inquiète des risques de contamination dans les prisons et réclame des mesures d’urgence
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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells.
What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 08/04/20
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Australia
A former inmate describes conditions inside the prison system as a “ticking time bomb”, with staff and prisoners under increasing stress
Source — ABC News
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December 25th can be a chaotic mix of cheer and stress, but above all, it is a time of year dedicated to family. While most celebrate with their loved ones, for those in prison, Christmas is a complicated matter.
“It has a bit more of an impact on the women,” said Superintendent Julie Steineuer from…
Source — ABC
Read more Australia: atados y amordazados, la realidad de los menores en las cárceles
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Prisoners have been isolated and babies put into quarantine at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility over fears of a measles outbreak.
On Tuesday night, Corrections informed Newshub there were concerns three female prisoners had been exposed to measles. They will remain isolated until their immunity…
Source — Newshub
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NSW prison inmates who had been previously cured of Hepatitis C were being reinfected up to three times, the ice inquiry has heard.
Source — The Sydney Morning Herald
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Australia: juvenile prison guards strip searches cause mental health problems, former inmates claim
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Mental health
Australia
Children as young as 10 years old are being routinely strip searched in juvenile detention in NSW with minimal or no contraband found, according to new data.
Source — ABC
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Australia
The Queensland government has agreed to support 33 recommendations from a scathing report that found the state’s prison system was rife with overcrowding and corruption.
Source — The Sydney Morning Herald
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Australia
The ACT Human Rights Commission is seeking clarification about the dress standards imposed on visitors at Canberra’s jail which included a ban on swimsuits, tight-fitting clothing and skirts shorter than mid-thigh.
Source — The Canberra Times
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Women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever in Australia. Our tough sentencing policies sent women to prison at twice the rate of England and Wales in 2018.
Source — The Conversation
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More than $1 million of taxpayer money has been spent on 193 slushy machines in a bid to keep prison guards cool over summer.
Source — NewstalkZB
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