Policing and detention
Media and commentary related to our work to provide critical oversight of NSW Police, prisons and youth detention centres, to protect human rights and ensure fair and lawful treatment.
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NSW Police Targeting First Nations Kids With System Of ‘Pro-Active’ Monitoring
Lead solicitor for the Police Accountability Team at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), Grace Gooley told Junkee that the current breakdown between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth on the STMP was “very, very concerning”.
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NSW police accused of ‘oppressive’ tactics against subjects on secretive blacklist
“We’ve known for decades that exposing children to repeated, invasive interactions with police is harmful,” PIAC’s principal solicitor Camilla Pandolfini said. “We need to be diverting young people from the criminal justice system if we want better outcomes, not increasing their interaction with it.”
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2SER interview: Suspect Targeting Management Plan (or STMP)
Suspect Targeting Management Plan (or STMP) is a ‘pro-active policing’ policy used to target individuals for intensive attention including personal searches and home visits, at all hours of the day. First Nations people are grossly overrepresented in the STMP cohort. There has been so much concern about the STMP – particularly it’s impact on children.…
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NSW Police documents expose serious problems with secretive NSW policing plan
Documents obtained by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre have exposed new information about the operation of the NSW Police’s Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) and lay bare a flawed approach that is open to abuse and undermines public confidence in policing. The STMP is a secretive policy and practice used by police to target individuals…
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Civil society organisations call for a Christmas pause on COVID fine collection to reduce hardship in communities already doing it tough
A coalition of legal and civil society organisations have called for a four month pause on COVID fine enforcement action, as new figures reveal communities with high numbers of people facing disadvantage have been hit with the most fines, and real doubts about whether many have been issued correctly and fairly. Statistics obtained by Redfern Legal Centre reveal that almost 50,000 COVID-19 fines were issued for breaches of Public Health Orders, with more…
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Opinion: Australia must raise the age of responsibility to 14 or keep trapping children in a quicksand of criminality
Op ed by PIAC Senior Solicitor Emma Bastable, and Luke McNamara from UNSW Centre for Crime, Law & Justice.