[recoznet2] Fw: No new Women's Prison

[Don Clark]

Don Clark President Indigenous Social Justice Association PO Box K555 Haymarket  NSW  1240 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   There can be no real reconciliation without social justice ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Clark To: reconnet: reconciliation email network Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2000 5:09 P.M. Subject: No new Women's Prison This may be of interest to some on this e-list.  Sorry for any cross-posting.   Don   NO New Women’s Prison R A L L Y 1pm Monday 27th March 2000 NSW Parliament House Macquarie St. Sydney Help Stop The New Women's Prison And Demand Alternatives WHY CARE? 60% of women serve less than 6 months- 80% less than a year. 90% of imprisoned women are victims of sexual and physical abuse. 30% of women prisoners were removed from their families as children. Most offences by women involve a male protagonist, antagonist or stand-over Prison as 'last resort', yet 3O% of imprisoned women are remanded in custody! The Government has ignored the Upper House's construction moratorium. The new prison for women will cost a minimum $ 42,000,000 Women are 52% of society yet only 6% of offenders. It costs a minimum $55,000 a year to jail a woman. A quarter of women prisoners are indigenous Most alternatives to prison exclude women. Men build prisons for men, not for women. Women's crime is link to substance abuse. 60% of women prisoners are mothers. Prison does not work, alternatives do.   SPEAKERS: Annie Madden from the NSW Users and Aids Association. Anne Lane from the Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes of NSW. A representative from the Indigenous Social Justice Association.   Please fax or e-mail flyer or details to friends, colleagues and other interested individuals and groups and bring your lunch or picnic. Please call the Positive Justice Centre on behalf of: No New Women's Prison Campaign. Mobile-0413 257 469. voicemail-9990 2370, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Don Clark President Indigenous Social Justice Association PO Box K555 Haymarket  NSW  1240 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   There can be no real reconciliation without social justice