Sentences with phrase «deaths in custody report»

Twenty - five years ago, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody reported gaps in continuity of care, and warned us of underlying social and economic disadvantage worsening and leading to an increase in prison numbers.

Not exact matches

«Repeated electrical shock torture... likely exacerbated his heart ailment, leading to his death in custody, according to sources close to the deceased,» Morning Star reports.

However, the report «Pepper Spray and In - Custody Deaths» referred to by the International Association of Chiefs of Police stated: «In the majority of cases, oleoresin capsicum spray was either ineffective or less than totally effective.»

The Office of the Correctional Investigator, perhaps one of Canada's less well known bureaucracies, released a report last February on «Deaths in Custody» done by Thomas Gabor, a criminologist at the University of Ottawa.

It occurs to me, reading what is googleable about Eloise's work for a few minutes that she (i) assisted with the investigation into a death in police custody while seconded to the IPCC (ii) was seconded to a solicitors» firm to assist with the phone hacking disclosure (iii) did pro bono work (iv) was involved with a judicial review of a costs order that was requested by a Local Authority in a Non Payment Council Tax case at the local magistrates, which got into the law reports.

a report in December 2015 that addressed 26 charges of privacy breaches at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, involving access to the records of a mother taken into medical custody after the suspicious death of her special - needs daughter — a case that made headlines, and was reported in the Calgary Sun.

Given this report's focus on the failure to investigate and prosecute allegations of torture, Human Rights Watch examined only torture and death in custody cases in which victims or their families instituted legal proceedings by filing a complaint.

The Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody, in its first annual report, says there is a need for a more robust and joined - up approach to information - sharing between agencies to ensure important information about people who may be at risk is shared quickly and accurately between them.

Some of the 600 deaths that occur in custody could and should have been prevented, according to a new report.

In 1991 the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final reporIn 1991 the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final reporin Custody handed down its final report.

The Guardian reported that an expert in Indigenous health who conducted a review of Ms Dhu's treatment told the inquest that doctors who declared she was fit to serve time in custody less than 48 hours before her death would have made more effort to diagnose her if she had been white.

[23] E Johnston, «Land Needs: Outstations and the exit option», Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report Volume 2, (1998) ch 19.

Also discussed in E Johnston, «Land Needs: Outstations and the exit option», Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report Volume 2, (1998) ch 19.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report - Volume 2, p1.

The researchers also said it was concerning that the Australian Government's report to the UPR had not acknowledged increasing rates of Indigenous incarceration and deaths in custody.

Since 2003, the AIC has published a number of reports concerning deaths in custody in Australia, with a major report published in 2013 covering all deaths that have occurred to 30 June 2011.

Croakey has previously reported that the long - awaited, damning and ultimately disappointing findings into the 2014 death in custody of Yamatji woman Ms Dhu raise serious issues not just for governments and police, but also for health and medical systems and practice in Australia.

Tomorrow (15 April), it will be 25 years since the report of the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody (RCIADIC) was presented to governments.

For example, the Australian Institute of Criminology monitors and reports on trends in Australian deaths in prison, police custody and juvenile detention.

The emphasis on the social, economic and cultural disadvantage underlying incarceration and deaths in custody was a defining characteristic of the Report.

And it comes amid growing frustration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities that decades of vital inquiries and recommendations for urgent change, such as those from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Bringing Them Home report, end up in filing cabinets and on dusty shelves, not in action on the ground.

Key reports which make recommendations for redressing Indigenous disadvantage, including the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and Bringing them home, the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, have not been fully implemented or have even been actively rejected.

Aboriginal Issues Unit of the Northern Territory «Too much sorry business» in Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody National Report AGPS Canberra 1991 Volume 5 Appendix D (i), 373.

Marking 20 years since the landmark Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was no cause for celebration.

Another landmark around this period was the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Death in Custody, initiated in 1988, with the final report published in 1991.

The anniversaries of the Wave Hill walk - off from Kalkarinji by the Gurindji people, the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act, the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the launch of the Close the Gap campaign 10 years ago

The recent National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (NIDAC) report is the latest in a long list of reports since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody to suggest a multi level explanation for the continued Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system.

At least since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991 it has been the subject of countless reports, research projects and roundtables.

Since the release of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991 there has been an increase in the overall national adult prison, but a decline in the juvenile prison population.

Principally these include the commitment of the Northern Territory government to the outcomes of the 1997 National Summit on Deaths in Custody (and the development of a framework for implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody); the recommendations relating to contemporary removals in the Bringing them home report; the Social Justice package proposals for principles to underpin the negotiation of local or regional agreements with Indigenous peoples; the recommendations and national strategies of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation; and in future consideration of an appropriate statehood model (and Constitution) for the Northern Territory.

Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity - building Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment («mandatory sentencing»)...

It will also be a step towards implementing those recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission in Aboriginal Deaths in Custody («RCIADIC») report which call for a system of review and response by government departments and agencies.

In light of the continued over-representation of Indigenous people, particularly women, in the criminal justice system, there is a pressing need for the continued implementation of the 339 recommendations contained in the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including any outstanding recommendationIn light of the continued over-representation of Indigenous people, particularly women, in the criminal justice system, there is a pressing need for the continued implementation of the 339 recommendations contained in the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including any outstanding recommendationin the criminal justice system, there is a pressing need for the continued implementation of the 339 recommendations contained in the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including any outstanding recommendationin the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including any outstanding recommendationin Custody, including any outstanding recommendations.

These include the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody [3]; the Bringing them Home Report [4] and; Reconciliation: Australia's Challenge: the final report of the Council for Aboriginal ReconciliatioReport [4] and; Reconciliation: Australia's Challenge: the final report of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliatioreport of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [5].

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, AGPS Canberra 1991, p1.

Collins, L and Ali, M, Deaths in Custody Australia — 2002 National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) Annual Report, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra 2003, p25.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report, Volume 2, AGPS, Canberra, 1991, Recommendation 62, p252.

[142] J Joudo and J Curnow, Deaths in Custody in Australia: National deaths in Custody program annual report 2006, Australian Institute of Criminology, Technical and Background paper no. 85 (2006) pDeaths in Custody in Australia: National deaths in Custody program annual report 2006, Australian Institute of Criminology, Technical and Background paper no. 85 (2006) pdeaths in Custody program annual report 2006, Australian Institute of Criminology, Technical and Background paper no. 85 (2006) p xiii.

[75] Commonwealth, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report (1991) vol 3 [21.1] < http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/national/vol3/3.html >.

Recommendation 8: That the Government adopt the social justice principles from ATSIC's Rights, recognition and reform report as the starting point for negotiations with Aboriginal peoples in the Northern Territory of a justice agreement framework under the 1997 National Summit on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, community justice mechanisms and about service delivery arrangements, regional governance and unfinished business, including the recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law.

[74] Commonwealth, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report (1991) vol 3, part D < http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/national/vol3/3.html >.

[3] Indigenous Deaths in Custody: A Report prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1996

The Framework also took into consideration the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991) and the Bringing them Home — the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families (1997), as well as incorporating the findings of Health is Life — the report on the Inquiry into Indigenous Health (2000).

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, op.cit, p15.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, op.cit, para 1.7.6.

See, for example, Aboriginal Issues Unit of the Northern Territory «Too much sorry business» in Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody National Report AGPS Canberra 1991 Volume 5 Appendix D (i); A Bolger Aboriginal Women and Violence Australian National University North Australia Research Unit Darwin 1991; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Task Force on Violence Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Task Force on Violence State of Queensland 1999; S Gordon et al Putting the Picture Together: Inquiry into response by government agencies to complaints of family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities State Law Publisher Perth 2002.

Over 1990 - 1999, the decade since the RCIADIC reported, the Australian Institute of Criminology reports that despite some fluctuations in rates of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths in custody since 1982, the rates of death per 1,000 prisoners have become more similar since 1999 and both have begun to trend downward since 1999.