Welcome to Community Justice Coalition

The purpose of the Coalition is:

To make the criminal justice system, not just punitive, but through greatly enhanced prisoner education and rehabilitation programs, educative and restorative
To ensure better results for the money spent
To create a fairer, safer community
To oppose privatisation of prisons

MEDIA RELEASE: Eight Fingers and a Keyboard Short: Prisoners Locked Out of Learning

Media Release April 16, 2025 “‘No,’ said the Minister for Corrections when asked whether it’s a serious disadvantage for prisoners to be typing with ‘two ...

Youth Justice Horror Exposure

Report of Youth Justice Senate Inquiry The National Children’s Commissioner told the Youth Justice Senate Inquiry, “The most chilling thing was when the kids had ...

Court-Ordered Computers for Prisoners – South Africa

“We welcome the judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in the Ntuli case, which orders that correctional facilities allow prisoners access to computers in ...

International Computers in Cells Conference

LATEST NEWS Report Technology in Corrections Conference 2024YouTube overview 6 mins Technology in Prisons The International Corrections & Prisons Association (ICPA) organised a conference on ‘Digital ...

Computers in Cells for Youth Detainees

Media Release November 17, 2023 The NSW Minister for Youth Justice, Jihad Dib, was questioned during a Budget Estimates hearing on the provision of computer ...

Medicare Access for Prisoners

It is publicly accepted that prisoner health care services are inferior to what is offered to the general public. This is a consequence of prisoners ...