Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mobilong Prison


Related Topics

  
  SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
Sentenced male prisoners are initially accommodated in the assessment unit of Yatala Labour Prison for a sentence or case plan to be compiled.
All male prisoners are initially accommodated here where they will be interviewed by experienced staff for their needs such as health and education or their potential to work.
Prisoners are granted leave to attend work and education or programs which is designed to ease them back into the community.
www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-australia-prisons-sa.html   (1545 words)

  
  SA Prisons
Sentenced male prisoners are initially accommodated in the assessment unit of Yatala Labour Prison for a sentence or case plan to be compiled.
All male prisoners are initially accommodated here where they will be interviewed by experienced staff for their needs such as health and education or their potential to work.
Prisoners are granted leave to attend work and education or programs which is designed to ease them back into the community.
www.geocities.com /justoz1/sa_prisons.htm   (1599 words)

  
 Yatala Labour Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prisoners were formerly held in the Adelaide Gaol.
Construction of the prison was begun by 14 convicts using locally quarried bluestone, and was completed in 1854.
The first batch of 24 convicts was sent to the prison from the Adelaide gaol on February 9, 1855 wearing the characteristic broad arrow prison clothes of the time
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yatala_Labour_Prison   (329 words)

  
 University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
The author was not "doubled-up" (2) with a convicted prisoner during this period but had to share the prison facilities with convicted inmates.
Fluctuations in the prison population make it difficult to assess whether new facilities are required at significant cost to the taxpayer, particularly given the lead times necessary for new facilities to be constructed.
In this regard, the State party makes reference to the types of conditions and treatment afforded to prisoners which was previously held by the Committee to be a violation of article 10, paragraph 1, including incommunicado detention, poor hygiene standards, inadequate exercise and insufficient food, and beatings by prison personnel (10).
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/undocs/881-1999.html   (3041 words)

  
 Mobilong Prison
Mobilong Prison at Murray Bridge, about 75km east of Adelaide, is also a low to medium security prison with accommodation for 240 males.
This prison is dedicated to excellence in education and bakery production.
The campus style prison consists of cell block units each having their own meal area and personal facilities.
www.corrections.sa.gov.au /prisons/mobilong_prison.htm   (118 words)

  
 United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Jurisprudence - Australia
In relation to the claim that the author was not segregated from convicted prisoners when he was held on remand, the State party refers to its reservation to article 10, paragraph 2 (a) and (b).
Fluctuations in the prison population make it difficult to assess whether new facilities are required at significant cost to the taxpayer, particularly given the lead times necessary for new facilities to be constructed.
The Australian Government submits that although doubling-up occurs in South Australian prisons, this is on a temporary basis corresponding to fluctuations in the prison population.
www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/71fedef019fb27aac1256c7e003026d0?Opendocument   (3066 words)

  
 Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
If it is not normal procedure for a prisoner's medical records to accompany him or her upon transfer to any other prison or hospital, it is essential that steps be taken to ensure that this is done.
There was evidence that prisoners took active steps to conceal symptoms from custodial authorities in case it resulted in a transfer of the deceased to an observation facility, which prisoners regard as a punishment and physically unpleasant.
Prisoners who gave evidence at the inquest indicated that other prisoners were willing to share a cell with the deceased.
www.hreoc.gov.au /social_justice/publications/deaths_custody/profiles_sa.html   (9208 words)

  
 Drug Busts
Prison guards have told The Advertiser a high-profile inmate was urgently transferred from Mobilong to Yatala following intelligence a helicopter would land in the grounds for a movie-like breakout.
Sources say Mobilong, where guards are not armed, recently has had large numbers of mobile phones smuggled into the medium-security facility, which could have been used to organise an airlift to freedom.
Mr Weir conceded the prison system was “reaching capacity” but the department was examining options to house prisoners until new facilities for 500 inmates become available in 2011.
www.streetcode.org /2006/12/17/drug-lord-planned-007-helicopter-escape   (530 words)

  
 Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 8 Custodial Conditions
Prisoners are extremely vulnerable to self harm and suicide in the initial stages of their incarceration, with the proportion of deaths among remand prisoners being three and a half times greater than in the general prison population.
Prison authorities did not follow the advice of the psychiatrist regarding the appropriate prison to which the deceased should be transferred.
Prisoners to be advised of the importance of taking their medication as prescribed and an acknowledgment of receipt of such advice be appropriately recorded.
www.hreoc.gov.au /social_justice/publications/deaths_custody/ch_8.html   (16412 words)

  
 CORONERS ACT
Curren was assaulted by another prisoner on 5 June 1998.
An allegation was made by one prisoner that Mr.
Curren had told him that he had been involved in some type of dispute with other prisoners (see the statement of Peake, Exhibit C.12a), and there was another allegation that he had been threatened on the morning of his death by an Aboriginal prisoner (see Exhibit C.18a, p8).
www.courts.sa.gov.au /courts/coroner/findings/findings_2000/curren.finding.htm   (2195 words)

  
 prison art
The exhibition features the work of prisoners from Mobilong Prison and is entitled, "Art from the Inside".
which are available at some prisons; funding cuts have eliminated art materials at...
A Wheaton man was sentenced to 7 years in prison Wednesday for driving drunk when his speeding car ran off a road in 2005, smashed into trees and...
www.freesearcharticles.com /articles/art/prison_art.html   (191 words)

  
 Australia 1999
The author was not "doubled-up" (2) with a convicted prisoner during this period but had to share the prison facilities with convicted inmates.
In this regard, the State party makes reference to the types of conditions and treatment afforded to prisoners which was previously held by the Committee to be a violation of article 10, paragraph 1, including incommunicado detention, poor hygiene standards, inadequate exercise and insufficient food, and beatings by prison personnel (10).
In a subsequent letter, he confirms that he was doubled-up in Yatala Labour Prison (11) and had to use the toilet in full view of the other inmate.
www.law.wits.ac.za /humanrts/undocs/881-1999.html   (3041 words)

  
 Prison precinct could expand even further - Local News - News - General - Murray Valley Standard
17/12/2007 8:27:16 AM THE new Mobilong Corrections Precinct has the capacity to expand further in the future and is tipped to be South Australia’s premier prison precinct for the next 30 years.
It was revealed at the information night that the new mens prison will have 760 beds with the ability to expand to more than 900.
A predicted 600 more people could move to the region, the majority of which would be prison staff and their families.
murraybridge.yourguide.com.au /news/local/news/general/prison-precinct-could-expand-even-further/199253.aspx   (342 words)

  
 The Guardian
Any SA prisoner and anyone suspected of a serious crime or 11 other lesser offences can now be DNA tested.
To cope with the inevitable increase in the prison population, the building of a new 700-bed male facility is being investigated.
The building of a new women's prison is to be announced shortly.
www.cpa.org.au /garchve03/1130tough.html   (829 words)

  
 List of prisons
Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is the penalty imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.
Prisons may also be used as a tool of political repression to detain political prisoners, prisoners of conscience and "enemies of the state", particularly by authoritarian regimes.
Individuals may also be committed to prison by a court before a trial, verdict or sentence, generally because the court determines that there is a risk to society or a risk of abscon...
www.experiencefestival.com /list_of_prisons   (1493 words)

  
 Gran 'used girl' to carry drugs | NEWS.com.au
The charges relate to her attendance at Mobilong Prison on July 11 when the woman visited her son, 26, who is serving a sentence for theft offences, with her granddaughter.
The others were another attempt to smuggle drugs into a prison, the arrest of a man on an outstanding parole warrant – who was caught with a loaded firearm – and the arrest of another man who attempted to enter a prison using false identification, who also had several outstanding parole warrants.
Besides developing "targets" within the prisons suspected of being involved in illegal activity, the PCS would have a role in managing prisoners to ensure they are not housed with known associates, such as gang members.
www.news.com.au /story/0,23599,22113027-2682,00.html   (1081 words)

  
 Recommendations, Rhetoric and another 33 Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Aboriginal Custodial Deaths since May 1989 - ...
[5] The increase in the Aboriginal prison population was disproportionate to the growth in the non-Aboriginal prison population in most states.
It is difficult to imagine a situation where an alternative to prison would be more appropriate than for a 17 year old AIDS victim who was only expected to live for two years.
Such guidelines must recognise both the rights of prisoners to confidentiality and privacy and the responsibilities of corrections officers for the informed care of prisoners." All States and territories supported this recommendation with some states mentioning that such reviews were underway.
www.austlii.edu.au /au/journals/AboriginalLB/1992/50.html   (4046 words)

  
 Prisons at Mobilong to be privately built - Local News - News - General - Murray Valley Standard
Prisons at Mobilong to be privately built - Local News - News - General - Murray Valley Standard
She said the private sector operating the prisons was incompatible with justice delivery and would impact negatively on service delivery and welfare of prisoners.
Mr Foley said to combat transport and accessibility issues for families of prisoners at the new Mobilong prison precinct, a Cross Government Services Group had been established to ensure issues such as transport were effectively addressed.
murraybridge.yourguide.com.au /news/local/news/general/prisons-at-mobilong-to-be-privately-built/244307.aspx   (311 words)

  
 Emergency & Legal Services - Prisons & Prison Management
The ultimate in privileges for males within the SA correctional system is to be accommodated in the Adelaide Pre-Release Centre which runs programs and day leave schemes enabling prisoners to attend education, work and some rehabilitative programs outside the prison.
The Mount Gambier Prison is the newest institution in SA and it is the first to be privately managed.
Yatala is a high to medium security institution but it also accommodates low security prisoners who are in transit to another prison.
www.sa.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=49&area=2&listMode=listLinks&path=4308,4320&detailMode=openDetails   (322 words)

  
 Prisons will again be overlooked - Liberal Party SA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prison infrastructure and in-house programs are likely to be big losers in Thursday’s State Budget, Shadow Correctional Services Minister Michelle Lensink said today.
Ms Lensink said she expected history to be repeated in this year’s Budget with spending on prisons and prisoner rehabilitation and treatment programs to be overlooked again in favour of projects such as funding big screens at AAMI stadium.
“The continued neglect of our prisons not only places prisoners at risk and increases the likelihood of reoffending, it also compromises the safety of corrections employees, as highlighted last month with the discovery of make-shift weapons at Yatala.
www.saliberals.org.au /news/news_item.asp?NewsID=5150   (392 words)

  
 Foiled escape shows prison security working, Rann says. 18/12/2006. ABC News Online
South Australian Premier Mike Rann says a foiled plot to break out of Mobilong Prison east of Adelaide shows the security system is working.
It has been reported a prisoner planned to use a helicopter to escape from the jail.
"For probably as long as there have been prisons there have been plans to escape from prison and so I'm delighted that the plot has been foiled by the authorities," he said.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200612/s1814046.htm   (176 words)

  
 Prison state   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Prison state australia australian capital territory belconnen remand centre kirkconnell correctional.
Prison state more from wikipedia mentioned in other countries, and her.
Prisons and jails covered prison state by the national health service rather prison state than the prison.
list-of-prisons.rainbowczech.com /prison-state.html   (1846 words)

  
 Correctional Facilities, Adelaide, ZPages
A maxium security Australian prison facility located in Regency Park, South Australia, Australia.
Adelaide based correctional facility capable of accommodating 110 prisoners in both cottage and cellblock units.
Correctional facilities for high, medium and low security prisoners in the Adelaide area.
adelaide.zpages.com.au /correctional-facilities   (132 words)

  
 Alleged escape plot highlights prison overcrowding problem: SA Opposition - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting ...
The South Australian Opposition says an alleged escape plot at the Mobilong prison shows the state's jails are overcrowded.
It is claimed an inmate was urgently transferred from Mobilong to Yatala following intelligence that a helicopter would be used to break the prisoner out.
The Opposition's correctional services spokeswoman, Michelle Lensink, is asking why the prisoner was placed in Mobilong in the first place.
www.abc.net.au /news/stories/2006/12/18/1813527.htm   (305 words)

  
 Sensational-Adelaide.com • View topic - Yatala to go for new homes
YATALA Prison, Northfield Women's Prison and the Magill Youth Detention Centre will be closed within five years and the land sold off for housing in a $500 million program to build four prison facilities in the state.
Near to Mobilong, the Government will build a new women's prison of 150 beds to replace the outdated women's prison at Northfield which has been condemned by inmates, visitors and even Parole Board chairwoman Frances Nelson, QC, as being of "third world standard".
Moving the prisons was inevitable, it was only a matter of funding for the replacements.
www.sensational-adelaide.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=527   (1827 words)

  
 South Australian State Budget for 2006 2007
Yatala Prison (SA’s largest men’s prison in the northern suburbs of Adelaide) the adjacent Northfield Women’s Prison and the Magill Youth Detention Centre in the city’s eastern suburbs will be closed in five years.
They will be replaced by a new $315m, 760 bed men’s facility and a new $96m, 150 bed women’s facility – both to be located near Murray Bridge adjacent to the existing Mobilong Prison.
Part of the construction contract will include the provision of buses for prisoners appearing in court and relatives wishing to visit prisoners.
www.hawkerbritton.com /hawker-britton-media/public-affairs/sa-budget-2006.htm   (727 words)

  
 Prisons Foundation -News You Can Use
Prisons budget's goal is no increase in inmates
Prisoner escorts to be spared inspections until 2006
Notice: The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the Prisons Foundation is a publicly-supported 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and that, in view of its official nonprofit status, contributions made to the Prisons Foundation are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
www.prisonsfoundation.org /news0509.html   (1674 words)

  
 Prisons (Safety and security measures) | Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
Mobilong Independent Living Units: New Innovations in Australian Prison...
The recently commissioned independent living units at Mobilong Prison on the outskirts of Murray Bridge in South Australia...
Prisons for Profit: Do the Social and Political Problems Have a Legal...
www.allbusiness.com /prisons/3305247-1.html   (779 words)

  
 Budget boost for police, prisons | The Australian
A 760-bed male prison will replace the current men’s prison at Mobilong at a cost of $315m.
It will be twice the size of the overcrowded Yatala prison and will house the state’s most dangerous criminals.
The project will allow the Government to close existing prisons at Northfield and raise $300m from the sale of land for housing.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20452126-5006787,00.html   (540 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.