DBL: Centre for Human Rights of Imprisoned People: 13 Jan 2009
Written by camilla on January 13, 2009Last Tuesday 6 January 2009, more than 200 people were evacuated from Melbourne Magistrates’ Court during a security scare. But prisoners held at the Melbourne Custody centre, below the court, were not evacuated. The event highlights the very real potential for the violation of the human rights of imprisoned people.
Activists, community lawyers and prisoner advocacy groups have long been campaigning for the rights of imprisoned people. Recently this campaign focussed on the need for a specialist legal centre exclusively for imprisoned people. The Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People (CHRIP) is a project promoting access to justice and human rights for Victorian prisoners through a number of mechanisms and services.
Tonight on Done by Law, we are speaking to Phoebe Barton, project worker for the Centre for the Rights of Imprisoned people, about the Centre, some of the work the Centre is currently involved in, and the issues faced by women prisoners in particular in Victoria.
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