Bill is pernicious danger to rule of law
A Bill, proposed by Immigration Minister Dutton would give contractors, trained to nightclub bouncer standards only, the right to decide when and how hard to bash refugees in detention. 22 April 2015
Prisons: learning the right lessons
Politicians and prison executives need to think differently about imprisonment: more funds and extra effort put into rehabilitation, with less mandatory sentencing, will pay off, says Doreen Moulds. 14 April 2015
Govt produces ‘worst legislation so far’
Data retention legislation is awful, but the Minister Dutton’s proposed ‘Refugee Riot Act’ breaks all the international rules about human rights of anyone, not just refugees, CLA says. 8 April 2015
12 unite against youth jailing
A proposed harsh new mandatory sentencing law – jailing even more Indigenous children – would simply increase taxes on WA citizens without clear benefit. It should be amended, CLA says. 18 March 2015
How shock jocks sabotaged bail
Shock jocks can do good…but they can also do great harm as naysayers, like when they joined with rabid tabloids to sabotage brand new NSW bail laws in mid-2014. 16 March 2015.
What works, what doesn’t, in jails
In another of its excellent series, the NSW Parliamentary Library has analysed data for reducing reoffending by prisoners…and come up with some surprising results of what doesn’t work. 10 March 2015
Anti-consort laws make rogues of us all
The ACT, with its Human Rights Act, like Victoria, is no place for anti-consorting laws which the Attorney-General is proposing. Such laws makes rogues of us all. 23 Feb 2015
Journalists jailed, slain in huge numbers
Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste’s return to Australia from jail in Egypt focuses attention on the alarming rise in deaths of journalists worldwide, as the numbers in jail also rise. 2 Feb 2015
Hicks conviction illegal: US govt
It’s now official! The US government admits Guantanamo inmate of six years, David Hicks, was not legally convicted, and therefore was illegally held in an Australian jail also. 29 Jan 2015
Prisons Minister ‘blind to reality’
A sneering indifference to the poor is no way to run prisons and the fines system, CLA says. Ministers should represent all people, not just the upper class. 13 Jan 2015