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Trapped

ABC News
Tuesday 17th October, 2023

It’s Christmas Day. A man paces the caged courtyard attached to his secure unit. There are bits of tinsel strewn around it – an attempt to bring colour into his…

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Spring 2023 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review

Advocacy for Inclusion
Thursday 12th October, 2023

The Spring 2023 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review is out now. It’s online and free and has a focus on the justice system and disability. Articles include lived experience…

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2023 Disability Scholarship Program

Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS)
Friday 28th July, 2023
Friday 8th September, 2023
Three annual scholarships are awarded to Victorian students with disability studying at the diploma, advanced diploma, undergraduate or postgraduate level. Scholarships are paid over two years for full-time study, and
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People with disability transitioning from prison and their pathways into homelessness

Translational Health Research Institute
Disability Royal Commission
Monday 22nd May, 2023
The report finds that there is a critical need for improved visibility of people with disability within the criminal justice system and for greater transparency of outcomes in relation to
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Remove barriers to jurors with disability, Vic told

Cassandra Morgan
AAP
Tuesday 16th May, 2023
Victoria is lagging other countries by effectively excluding people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision from serving on juries. The state's law reform commission is
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Inclusive Juries: Report

Victorian Law Reform Commission
Tuesday 16th May, 2023
Jury duty is an important civic duty associated with active citizenship. Barriers to jury service in current law and practice are out of touch with community expectations, laws and policies
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Disability Rights in Real Life

Equality lawyers
Thursday 11th May, 2023

In 2021, Equality Lawyers and Picture Human Rights joined forces to create Disability Rights in Real Life, a law handbook for people with disabilities, their families and supporters. ​Disability Rights…

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Victoria Police Disability Portfolio Reference Group

Victoria Police
Wednesday 10th May, 2023
Friday 26th May, 2023

Victoria Police Portfolio Reference Groups provide advice, expertise, and feedback to assist Victoria Police in their engagement with diverse communities. Expressions of interest are now being taken for new members…

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Deaf Australians and those with disabilities push to end exclusion from juries

Kate Ashton
ABC
Saturday 8th April, 2023
While many Australians go to great lengths to avoid serving on a jury, Brent Phillips has spent nearly a decade fighting for his right to take part in his civic
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State of Incarceration: Insights into Imprisonment in Victoria (

Justice Reform Initiative
Friday 24th March, 2023
This report lays bare the failures of Victoria’s criminal justice system in a comprehensive assessment that reveals “jailing is failing”. It is increasingly clear that in Victoria, the growth in
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Detainees with disabilities in ‘spiral of hopelessness’ after cancelled United Nations visit to Australia

Elizabeth Wright and Celina Edmonds
ABC
Friday 10th March, 2023
People with disabilities in the criminal justice system feel like they exist in a "black hole" after an international torture prevention body cancelled a visit to Australia. "We're locking them
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Expensive, cruel and ineffective: disability royal commission hears of costly mistreatment in prison

Amber Schultz
Crikey
Friday 23rd September, 2022
This week the disability royal commission heard tales of abuse and neglect from people with disabilities in youth detention and adult prisons. One woman described being constantly dropped while being
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