advocate for change within the legal system. lived experience š¤šā¤ļø š³ļøāš#Darwinprisonneedschangenow #defundpolice, storyteller birdseyeview podcast
Darwin, Northern Territory
Joined June 2019
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Brilliant work by @idunnonews who broke this story on @abcdarwin radio yesterday.
It's devastating to see this place - a home of land rights - allegedly destroyed.
#WaveHill walk off is a story for the ages and must be preserved. #Indigenous #AusPol abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/aā¦
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We walk alongside mothers & their babies every day Weāve held broken mothers after babys dying in prison
One beautiful mother gave birth in prison had blood cleaned up by prison officers & her dead baby put in plastic bag thrown between her legs. šš
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#Breaking
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls #mediarelease
URGENT CONDEMNATION: QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENTāS SUSPENSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT TO TURN WATCH HOUSES INTO PRISONS
@abcnews @edengillespie @mattdennien
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The attack on children in this State is out of control
The governmentās carceral love affair with cops and cages ensures harm will be perpetrated against children for decades to come.
These policies will only cause harm in communities not safety
#qldpol
The Qld government has suspended the state's human rights act for the second time this year so that it can imprison children in watchhouses āeven if it would not be compatible with human rightsā. @GuardianAus
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Mr OāBrien Faulknerās death has raised Qs over the police investigation process, with Sisters Inside CEO Debbie Kilroy calling for an independent oversight body.
āPolice cannot investigate policeā
#DefundThePolice
No one deserves to die in custody
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New prisons and recycled prisons are not the answer. Investing in alternatives delivers better results, and the NT Government needs to consider this before looking to incarcerate women in Don Dale. More in our media release: loom.ly/iYwf2qk
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Behind the rolls of razor wire in a defunct adult prison, known as #DonDale youth detention centre, sits a teenage boy with profound cognitive disability. He has served concurrent sentences for years, with little access to disablity supports.
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.@idunnonews has once again captured how cruel and unforgiving the 'justice' system is for Indigenous kids in the NT.
These children - many with cognitive disabilities - need help.
Instead we lock them up behind razor wire.
#AusPol #DonDale @Change_Record @NTChildCommish
Behind the rolls of razor wire in a defunct adult prison, known as #DonDale youth detention centre, sits a teenage boy with profound cognitive disability. He has served concurrent sentences for years, with little access to disablity supports.
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Rocket Bretherton retweeted
āWhen are we going to stop incarcerating disability and criminalising children for what is a health condition?"
Jailing is failing. There is a better way - for children, for communities, for governments and taxpayers. Story via @idunnonews
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Yesterday I brought to light that the Labor Government is inflating the amount spent on First Nations communities. $14.2 million allocated to the National Indigenous Australians Agency is going to the NT Police for "high visibility police and law enforcement operations."
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The State called in guns to terrorise children #wapol
#disarmpolice
Rocket Bretherton retweeted
This is terrifying
A gun to a childās head
Cops & the State are out of control in this racist country
If this photo does not terrify you as it does me you must be so desensitised to violence perpetrated against children that youāre part of the problem
Rocket Bretherton retweeted
When Children activity oppose the harm theyāre experiencing theyāre labeled terrorises, rioters, criminals etc where in reality theyāre victims of the States racial gendered violence
Children are crying out for help so donāt fall for the States lies step up & help our kids
Powerful words by @MeganKrakouer on ABC this morning re the dire conditions at Banksia Hill
As the @ALSWA_Ltd point out, the president of the WA Childrenās Court described lockdowns at the youth detention centre as amounting to a form of āchild abuseā
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Yesterday I asked the government why they're not funding Aboriginal Legal Services. I then sat with Elders and heard horror stories of what's happening to our children locked up in Banksia Hill and to pregnant women in Darwin. Our legal services need proper funding now!
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First Nations female leaders at the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Summit have collaborated on a joint media statement to raise their concerns about the situation unfolding in Banksia Hill and to demand immediate reform to Australia's approach to youth justice: humanrights.gov.au/about/newā¦
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We are working with lawyers to have her released. The only way to break the racial gendered violence of the State is to free all women
#freeher
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A pregnant woman is set to be involuntarily induced and forced to give up her child 72 hours later, on Motherās Day.
On every level, this is an appalling indictment on the criminal justice system.
A woman is being forced against her will to give birth 9 days early and surrender her baby because of conditions inside #Darwin prison. @TheNTNews
@renaerocket @JailingsFailing @idunnonews #AusPol #NTpol ntnews.com.au/truecrimeaustrā¦
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On budget lock up day a white man, NT Parliament House security officer, has asked me to reverse my shirt because he āfinds it offensive as an Australianā. @clothingthegaps @AusHumanRights @AMSANTaus @renaerocket @rachelrwithers @bridgeyb ā at Darwin, Northern Territory
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How we stand by & allow the State to involuntarily induce a little baby into the world
When will you stand with us & end the racial gendered violence of prisons
Sisters Inside is funding lawyers to #FreeHer so baby can be born free
#Breaking: An NT Court has heard the mother-to-be will be āinvoluntarilyā induced on Friday unless a bail assessment can be provided to the court before hand. In the NT most bail assessments take 3-5 working days. @TurnbullVanessa @lizzytrevaskis @DebKilroy @renaerocket
Rocket Bretherton retweeted
#Breaking: An NT Court has heard the mother-to-be will be āinvoluntarilyā induced on Friday unless a bail assessment can be provided to the court before hand. In the NT most bail assessments take 3-5 working days. @TurnbullVanessa @lizzytrevaskis @DebKilroy @renaerocket ā at Darwin, Northern Territory
#Exlcusive: At least two women have been denied access to the purpose-built Mums and Bubs unit at Darwin Correctional Centre due to overcrowding. Listen to @renaerocket speak with @abcdarwinās @lizzytrevaskis here:
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#justice #jailingisfailing #nt #auspol
