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Aboriginal Legal Service calls for bipartisan support to end over-incarceration and deaths in custody
MEDIA RELEASE Friday 16 April 2021, 6:00 am The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT is calling for NSW parliamentarians across the political spectrum to embrace recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into First Nations over-incarceration and deaths in custody. Today’s report from the NSW Legislative Council’s Select Committee on the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of...
READ MOREAboriginal Legal Service exhibition celebrates 50 years of resistance and resilience
MEDIA ALERT WHEN: Friday 16 April 2021, 3:15pm WHERE: The Australian Hall, 150 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. This historic venue was the site of Day of Mourning protests on 26 January 1938. It is operated by the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council. WHAT: Opening of the Aboriginal Legal Service 50th Anniversary Exhibition, generously supported by the City of Sydney DETAILS: Mark Davies (Chair),...
READ MOREFour Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks is “huge red flag that something is seriously wrong”
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 25 March, 8:00 am A community has been left reeling and the Aboriginal Legal Service is demanding urgent accountability after the confirmation of a fourth recent death in custody. Barkindji man Anzac Sullivan, 37, passed away during a police pursuit in Broken Hill on Thursday 18 March. This tragedy comes shortly after the deaths of three Aboriginal people...
READ MOREALS “disappointed but not surprised” that NSW Police more likely to deny bail to Aboriginal people
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 23 March 2021, 4:00 pm The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT welcomes research released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research showing police are more likely to refuse bail for Aboriginal defendants than non-Aboriginal defendants. “This reflects our concerns of systemic racism within NSW Police meaning Aboriginal people are being locked up simply because they are...
READ MOREGround-breaking gender case makes NSW courts safer for women
MEDIA RELEASE Update - Thursday 16 September 2021: NSW Police have withdrawn the strip-search charges at the centre of Lacey v AG (NSW). This is a vindication of the position of a brave young Aboriginal woman - now also a mother. 'Lacey' wasn't prepared to run an argument where a male magistrate would see video of her naked and being searched. In...
READ MOREInquest into Nathan Reynolds' death in custody comes to an end
11 March 2021 This post contains the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died. Today after two-and-a-half long years, Nathan Reynolds' loved ones finally received answers as to how he died in custody. The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT has been representing Nathan's family at the coronial inquest into his death. We stand with this large, loving and tight-knit family...
READ MOREFamily to speak at release of findings into the death in custody of Aboriginal man Nathan Reynolds
MEDIA ALERT WHEN: Thursday 11 March, 12pm (midday) WHERE: Coroner’s Court of NSW, 1A Main Ave, Lidcombe DETAILS: Her Honour Magistrate Ryan, Deputy State Coroner, will release the findings into the death of Nathan Reynolds at 10am on Thursday in courtroom 3. Nathan Reynolds’ sisters, Taleah and Makayla Reynolds, will speak to media outside the court at midday. Sarah Crellin, Principal Solicitor...
READ MOREAboriginal Legal Service calls for accountability and transparency after another two deaths in custody
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 9 March 2021 The Aboriginal Legal Service is calling for real accountability after the deaths of an Aboriginal man and woman in NSW prisons last week. The two deaths, confirmed by NSW Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin in Budget Estimates on Tuesday morning, add to over 440 deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody nationwide...
READ MOREDanny Whitton's family speak out about his death in custody
26 February 2021 This post contains the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died. Today outside the Coroner's Court of NSW, the family of Danny Whitton spoke to media about his death in custody. Danny was just 25 years old when he passed away from a suspected accidental drug overdose in 2015. He was held at Junee Correctional Centre...
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