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Vol 4, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2024 - Theme: Latest news

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JRI discussion papers

Justice Reform Initiative discussion papers for comment & endorsement by organisations in Australia.

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News – October 2024

Latest news about private prisons and youth justice/detention.

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Mandatory national ID?

This article examines the likely effects on prisoners should the national Digital ID become mandatory.

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Vol 4, Issue 3, Jul-Sep 2024 - Theme: Prison reformers

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UK prison reformers

Part 1 (UK prison reformers) in a general tribute to those who improved the lot of prisoners.

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US prison reformers

Part 2 (US prison reformers) in a general tribute to those who improved the lot of prisoners.

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AU prison reformers

Part 3 (Australian prison reformers) in a general tribute to those who improved the lot of prisoners.

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Vol 4, Issue 2, Apr-Jun 2024 - Theme: Latest news

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Life expectancy

A quick review of studies examining the effect of incarceration on the life expectancy.

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News - May 2024

The latest news, with the general theme of 'police training.'

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Reconciliation week

National Reconciliation Week takes place on 27 May to 3 June every year.

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Vol 4, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 2024 - Theme: Resources for change

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News - February 2024

News articles with the theme of strong post-release support as a means to reducing recidivism.

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Great resources

Ten excellent resources for Australian prison reform and decarceration.

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Little boxes

Rather than preserving the fabric of society, discrimination against prisoners/ex-prisoners in employment, voting and/or political representation actually damages it.

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Vol 3, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2023 - Theme: Conference Papers

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ANZSOC 2023 PPT No1

PowerPoint for presentation on 'Relationship between health and deaths in custody' at the ANZSOC Conference held in Melbourne on 07 December 2023.

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ANZSOC 2023 PPT No2

PowerPoint for presentation on 'Applied economic analysis for justice reinvestment in Australia' at the ANZSOC Conference held in Melbourne on 07 December 2023.

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JIRAD concept map

Research concept map: 'Applied economic analysis for justice investment, reinvestment and diversion in Australia'

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Vol 3, Issue 3, Jul-Sep 2023 - Theme: Health and deaths in custody

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Health in jurisdictions

Levels of prisoner health in Australian jurisdictions are compared based on coronial data and general health statistics. The findings based on the study of deaths in custody in each jurisdiction are also summarised.

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Coronial reforms

As part of a study of the relationship between prisoner health and deaths in custody, 114 coronial inquests were examined. The most common reforms recommended by coroners are summarized in this article.

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Disability training

A general checklist is suggested for beneficial disability-related training for those within law enforcement agencies, the judiciary and court administration.

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Vol 3, Issue 2, Apr-Jun 2023 - Theme: Emerging debates

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Reform or abolish?

This brief article describes the emerging debate as to whether we should reform or abolish prisons. Australian Prison Reform Journal’s position is for the middle course of doing both.

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Improve or reinvest?

This article is about whether we should invest in new/improved prisons or engage in justice reinvestment with a view to diverting people from prison and reinvesting the savings in initiatives that keep people from entering/returning to prison.

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VPCC PowerPoint

PowerPoint for presentation on 'Relationship between health and deaths in custody' at the Victorian Postgraduate Criminology Conference held at Melbourne University on 04 November 2022.

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Vol 3, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 2023 - Theme: Deaths in custody statistics

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Statistics Bulletin No.3

The following statistics (in three parts) are part of an upcoming investigation into the relationship between prisoner health and deaths in custody.

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Statistics Bulletin No.4

The focus for the second set of statistics in this series is the number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous death in custody, with data for each Australian State and Territory.

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Statistics Bulletin No.5

The focus for the third set of statistics in this series is upon the Indigenous and non-Indigenous prison populations in each Australian State and Territory.

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Vol 2, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2022 - Theme: In the news

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Rally on 14 Oct 2022

A justice reinvestment rally, march and street art will kick off at 4pm on Friday 14 October 2022, meeting on the steps of the Victorian Parliament House

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News - October 2022

New operator for Nauru; Australia obstructs UN inspectors; corrective officer on manslaughter charges; judge warns WA re children in adult prison.

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ANZSOC 2022 PPT

PowerPoint for presentation on 'Imprisonment for and as environmental crime' at the ANZSOC Conference held in Darwin on 28 November 2022.

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Vol 2, Issue 3, Jul-Sep 2022 - Theme: Mental health in prisons

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News - July 2022

About NAIDOC Week and our big list of what's on during the celebration; focus on three journalists who genuinely care about prisoners; and 2021 Census initial results

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Mental health & police

This historical report focuses on selected reforms involving people with mental health issues and the impact of these reforms on police and policing.

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Excited delirium

Excited Delirium Syndrome (ExDS) is a controversial diagnosis. This article examines whether the spread of ExDS to Australia is of assistance in policing people with these symptoms.

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Vol 2, Issue 2, Apr-Jun 2022 - Theme: Expanded correctional powers

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Expanded powers-1

ARTICLE: The federal Govt has committed to reforming its electronic surveillance legal framework. This article discusses a recommendation that corrective services powers be expanded to access telecommunications data.

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Expanded powers-2

TRANSCRIPT: For the 11-min video on the proposed expansion of powers for corrective services click at right. For the full article, click at left.

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Expanded powers-3

VIDEO: On the proposed expansion of powers for corrective services agencies allowing them to access telecommunications data.

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Vol 2, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 2022 - Theme: Policymaking and prisons

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Policies under pressure

Nothing is straightforward when it comes to the gathering and analysis of criminological evidence for policymaking. This is particularly so with the question of whether coercive control should be criminalised.

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News - February 2022

Future Justice and Corrections Summit; thousands of Indigenous children living in out-of-home care; Justice Reinvestment Seminar.

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Sustaining crime

This editorial briefly mentions 10 ways in which we can encourage people to remain criminals. This is tongue-in-cheek, of course, but the principles involved are uncomfortably close to the truth.

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Vol 1, Issue 3, Oct-Dec 2021 - Theme: Prison spiral statistics

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The prison spiral

This article provides an overview of the downward spiral towards prison that is disproportionately affecting disadvantaged Australians. It discusses the Australian penal pandemonium and feasible avenues for prison reform.

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Statistics Bulletin No.1

APRJ shall release regular statistical bulletins relating to Australian prisons and prisoners. This first bulletin contains very general statistics (mostly as at the end of Sept 2021) to lay the groundwork.

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Statistics Bulletin No.2

The focus for the second set of statistics shifts to the truly alarming figures for Indigenous imprisonment. The statistics indicate that the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners is widening.

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Vol 1, Issue 2, Jul-Sep 2021 - Theme: Prison health reform

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News - July 2021

NAIDOC Week; Launch of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicines Committee; Reoffending among child sexual offenders; and Launch of the CIJ’s ‘Leaving custody behind’

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Six health reforms

This article briefly examines six innovative justice solutions in the area of prisoner health.

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Health in prisons

Improving prisoner health would make prisons safer and save money as medical conditions are better controlled and hospital visits avoided. Deaths in custody would also be reduced.

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Vol 1, Issue 1, Apr-Jun 2021 - Theme: Black deaths in custody

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First issue of APRJ

It is appropriate that the first issue of the Australian Prison Reform Journal falls on the 15th of April 2021, exactly 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody delivered its findings.

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Indigenous deaths

30 years on, Australia still has a long way to go in reducing Indigenous, as well as non-Indigenous, deaths in custody.

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Black incarceration

The main reason for the large number of Aboriginal deaths in custody is the extremely high incarceration rate of Indigenous people.

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