Supporting Rehabilitation
MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2020 Supporting rehabilitation – an important step to address the stigma and discrimination of having a criminal record VALS and the RMIT University Centre for Innovative Justice congratulate the Government on the introduction of the Spent Convictions Bill 2020, and we particularly acknowledge the contribution of the Woor-Dungin Criminal Record Discrimination […]
VALS Stands in Solidarity with the Yuendumu Community for Justice
MEDIA RELEASE 4 September 2020 Despite it being nearly 30 years since the recommendations were handed down by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a further 439 Aboriginal lives have been lost within the justice system. This week the Alice Springs court heard the accounts of Kumanjayi Walker, a 19-year-old, Warlpiri man, who […]
VALS supports the Day family’s call for justice and police accountability
MEDIA RELEASE 27 August 2020 VALS stands in solidarity with Tanya Day’s family at this incredibly difficult time, and supports their call for accountability and justice. The Day family has courageously and tirelessly advocated for justice for Tanya Day, for an end to police impunity, for no other families to experience the loss and pain […]
The Government’s decisions are critical to containing the spread of Covid-19 in prisons, youth detention centres
MEDIA RELEASE 21 July 2020 The Government’s decisions over the next few days and weeks are critical to containing the spread of Covid-19 in prisons, youth detention centres and across Victoria Despite the Government’s efforts, COVID-19 has entered Victoria’s prison and youth detention systems. In the latest, alarming developments, six prisons are now in lockdown, […]