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URL:https://www.communityjusticecoalition.org/events/pre-election-justice-
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SUMMARY:PRE-ELECTION JUSTICE FORUM 2019
DESCRIPTION:COVID CONNECTED: COMPUTERS IN PRISON CELLS\n\n\nMedia release 1
 2 August 2020\n\n“COVID-19 has dramatically disconnected us from each ot
 her. But for those held in prison cells it has enabled vital connections. 
 For the last five months visits to NSW prisons have been banned and been 
 replaced by video visits using 430 computer tablets. This experience has l
 ed to good general acceptance by staff in correctional centres. This bre
 akthrough now allows rehabilitation services to be delivered into cells\,
  including access to white-listed secure internet sites. This is consisten
 t with the Government’s aim to reduce recidivism” said the Hon John D
 owd AO QC\, President of the Community Justice Coalition.\n\n“The overwh
 elming success was to enable 70\,204 family visits to date. Twenty perce
 nt of video ‘visitors’ were from interstate or overseas\, people who w
 ould normally not be able to visit inmates. \n\nWe have been advised that
  the infrastructure is in place at Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre a
 nd John Morony Correctional Centre to support the roll out of tablets to 
 all the prisoners by September. \n\nAfter that there is capacity to brin
 g on six jails at a time\, subject to funding\, starting in September. Le
 ssening the isolation through this technology is for the benefit of the wh
 ole community” said the Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC\, former Chief Justice of
  the Family Court of Australia.\n\n“As well as having telephony capacity
 \, the tablets will have access to digital mental health services. This
  flags the beginning of services that will support prisoners experiencing 
 disorders exacerbating drug use and violence. Computers in cells have prov
 en to have positive outcomes in other jurisdictions in reducing the reoffe
 nding rate.\n\nIt is also a real opportunity to implement new education s
 trategies and introduce behavioural change material. This is a new era f
 or NSW prisons by taking an inclusive approach to rehabilitation and lesse
 ning the number of victims in our society” said Ken Marslew\, CEO Fo
 under\, Enough is Enough Anti Violence Movement Inc.\n\nGTL and Telstra 
 are the technology providers.\n\nhttps://www.gtl.net/correctional-facility
 -services/communication-solutions/video-visitation/\n\nCheck out the twent
 y-two year history of the Computers in Cells Project here\n\n
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