Tag: youth detention

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Making institutions safer

Submission to the Inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment and Youth Detention Matters

knowmore’s submission to the Tas Legislative Council Government Administration Committee ‘B’ on the provision of legal assistance and support to survivors in prison (April 2023).

Making institutions safer

Submission on the Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022

knowmore's submission to the Qld Legal Affairs and Safety Committee on the Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022 (January 2023).

Making institutions safer

Submission on Queensland’s Criminal Law (Raising the Age of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2021

knowmore's submission to the Qld Community Support and Services Committee on the proposal to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility (November 2021).

Making institutions safer

Submission on Queensland’s Inspector of Detention Services Bill 2021

knowmore's submission to the Qld Legal Affairs and Safety Committee on the proposed introduction of an inspector of detention services (November 2021).

Making institutions safer

Submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings

knowmore’s submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tas Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings (September 2021)

Making institutions safer

Submission on implementing the successor plan to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009–2020

knowmore's submission to the Department of Social Services on the successor plan to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children (July 2021).

Criminal justice advocacy

Submission on criminal justice system issues related to the sexual abuse of children with disability

knowmore's submission to the Disability Royal Commission on the criminal justice system and the sexual abuse of children with disability (March 2020).

Making institutions safer

Submission on the review of the age of criminal responsibility by the Working Group of the Council of Attorneys-General

knowmore's submission to the Council of Attorneys-General calling on governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility (February 2020).

Making institutions safer

Submission on Queensland’s Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

knowmore's submission to the Qld Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee on reforms to keep young people out of detention (July 2019).