Letter to the Editor – AMC is nothing to be proud of
The following letter, written by Bill Bush, FFDLR President was published in the Canberra Times on Saturday 3 May 2021 When in 1999 John Hargreaves...
Category: Prisons
Try Something New
Re “The ACT should lead the way on reforms to the justice system” (September 23, p35). This caught my attention not for what it said,...
EMERGENCY ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
COVID-19 demands action and provides the opportunity to get the most disadvantaged and needy out of prisons. FFDLR CALLS FOR 1.The establishment of clinics in...
Coronavirus threat highlights the need for prison reform
Letter published in the Canberra Times on 26 March 2020 The corona virus emergency underlines the public health threat of the crowded ACT prison overflowing...
NSW Recorded Crime Statistics quarterly update December 2019
This report presents 24 months of reception, discharge and custody population data and comparisons between the current and previous quarter for age, gender, indigenous status,...
Drug decriminalisation would ‘save hundreds of millions’, but Queensland Premier rules it out
By Matt Wordsworth Key points: The Queensland Productivity Commission says “all available evidence” shows the war on drugs fails to restrict usage or supply Queensland spends...
Prison report is blueprint for saving $billions, overhauling justice
Review of the Qld Productivity Commission Report 2019 By CLA CEO Bill Rowlings, with comments A seminal report on prisons in Australia says that, across...
Understanding the impact of opioid agonist treatment in reducing crime
http://connections.edu.au/opinion/understanding-impact-opioid-agonist-treatment-reducing-crime By Dr Natasa Gisev, Scientia Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research CentreIn a recently published study, we examined the link between opioid agonist treatment...
INjustice reinvestment
IIt is difficult to imagine a more confused and confusing set of measures than those being pursued by the ACT government. On the one hand...
Letter to the Editor – Drug strategy wanting
The following letter was published in the Canberra Times on 7 July Drug strategy wanting – Bill Bush, Vice-President, Families and Friends for Drug Law...