“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 cells for educational purposes. This decision prevents South African correctional facilities from instituting policies which ban the use of computers in cells, because such policies infringe upon the rights of […]
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LATEST NEWS “Eight Fingers and a Keyboard Short: Prisoners Locked Out of Learning” – Media Release April 16, 2025 Report Youth Justice Senate Inquiry Flip the Switch Flyer Media Release Easy Fix Youth Justice Jan2025 Youth Justice Senate Inquiry Submission AUSTLII legal database access International Computers in Cells Conference April 2024 Finland Developments 2023 Music
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2 mintue read Prison Recidivism: The way forward One of the major failures of the present prison system is the high level of reoffending by released prisoners called recidivism. The Community Justice Coalition has addressed the problem and made recommendations which will ultimately save billions of dollars in the cost of the system. After a year’s research including consultation with judicial
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Pre-Election Justice Questionnaire 2023 The Community Justice Coalition organises a questionnaire before each state election which helps present different political parties’ stances on a wide spectrum of justice-related issues. Topics examined within the 2023 CJC Questionnaire linked here include the Effectiveness of Imprisonment, Women in Prison, Indigenous Issues and Juveniles in custody. This also
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PRE-ELECTION JUSTICE FORUM 2019 NSW Justice system Where: Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney When: Monday, 25th February 2019, 6pm – 8:30pm. All political parties have been sent a Questionnaire created by a team of interdisciplinary experts. Their responses have been documented and will be discussed at the forum. A background paper
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