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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Finance Career: Serco replacement picked
The Australian Government has given a $2bn immigration detention contract to a controversial American company.
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ABC News: Transgender woman reaches settlement with NSW corrective services over her treatment in prison
Our client, Melissa Yarnold, hopes her experience will lead to a safer justice system for trans people.
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Q News: NSW trans woman ‘put through hell’ by police complaint
Our client, Melissa Yarnold, wants her story to help change the system police do not discriminate against trans and gender diverse people.
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Star Observer: “Hell on Earth” Transgender Woman Settles Discrimination Case Against NSW Police
Melissa Yarnold was placed in a men’s prison, where she alleges she was subject to sexual harassment and discrimination.
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No Filter: Police shootings, mental health crises and the shattered families pushing for alternative first responders
StreetCare member Alex* spoke about his experiences of over-policing in his social housing community.
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2SER: Push back against NSW knife laws
Solicitor Kate Sinclair spoke to 2SER about our concerns with new laws that give police undefined powers.
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Experts at Mental Health forum agree: we must change our response to people in crisis
We brought together a panel of health and legal experts, mothers of people who have been killed by police and Rose Jackson, the NSW Minister for Mental Health.
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Australasian Lawyer: Legal bodies push back against pitched NSW knife ‘wanding’ legislation
Australasian Lawyer reported on our efforts to resist new police search legislation.
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NIT: “Why throw more money into failed law and order responses?”
CEO Jonathon Hunyor spoke to the National Indigenous Times about proposed new police search powers.