Tag: Police & Prisons
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“I am still heartbroken about the death of my son [in WA Prisons]. I don’t want any mother to have to go through what I have had to bear" - mother of Jomen Blanket.
A coroner has accepted expert opinion that the life of Stanley Inman Jnr could have been saved if there had been culturally safe care at Acacia Prison.
In the final day of a coronial inquest into a police shooting of Todd McKenzie, his family have made a plea for change.
A spate of suicides in WA's Acacia Prison will be highlighted this week, as the WA Coroner examines the death of Stanley Inman Jnr.
We have re-booted CopWatch – a groundbreaking app, website and training programme to educate people about their rights when filming police interactions with community.
We are working with the family of Todd McKenzie to secure answers and accountability from NSW Police through a coronial inquest.
Instead of locking up kids in youth detention, we must give them medical care, education, and connection to their community.
The Mullaley family have been searching for truth, justice, and accountability for the death of Baby Charlie for nine years. Here, we trace the key steps on the family’s long journey towards justice.
While the WA Coroner’s findings are critical of WA Police and the WA Health Service, the investigation falls short of delivering justice to Ms Wynne’s family and creating critical change in how police respond to mental health crises.
You may have seen our legal observers at the recent Invasion Day and Black Lives Matter protests, sporting hi-viz vests and briefing activists about their rights. We spoke to one of them, Romina Reyftmann, about how she helps to protect