Deaths in Custody Watch Committee's blog

Criminal charges possible over Doomadgee death: Commissioner

Fri Jun 18, 2010

Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson says it is possible some of the officers who investigated the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004 might face criminal charges.

Top judge sparks crime and punishment debate

Fri Jun 18, 2010

A top judge has says longer jails terms in New South Wales have not led to greater public safety.

The comments were made by the Chief Judge of the District Court, Justice Reg Blanch, in a speech to legal aid lawyers published this morning by Fairfax newspapers.

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MEDIA RELEASE 17 June 2010 "BCNP Campaign Calls for End to Double Bunking"

MEDIA RELEASE

BUILD COMMUNITIES NOT PRISONS CAMPAIGN
17th June 2010

“Campaign calls for an end to double-bunking”

Following the release of the Inspector for Custodial Services? report into Hakea Prison, Build Communities Not Prisons Campaign spokesperson, Marc Newhouse called for an immediate end to double bunking.

Elder died 'because of systemic racism'

NATASHA BODDY, The West Australian June 15, 2010,

An Aboriginal elder who died of heatstroke while transported in a Government-owned prison van died because of systemic racism in WA's justice system, according to the Aboriginal Legal Service and the man's family.