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Documentation

Getting help from a lawyer

Judicial review

  • What decisions can the Supreme Court review?
  • What are the reasons a decision can be unlawful?
  • Preparing to apply for judicial review
  • Applying for judicial review
  • What can happen from judicial review?

Making a complaint

  • Types of complaint issues and where to complain
  • Collecting information and preparing a complaint
  • Making a complaint to your prison
  • Making a complaint to Corrections Victoria
  • Contact details – external complaint bodies

Healthcare

  • Healthcare rights in prison
  • What healthcare is provided in prison?
  • Medication
  • Private medical appointments
  • Mental health care

Asking for a permit to leave prison and moving interstate

  • Asking for a permit to leave prison
  • Moving to another prison interstate

Keeping contact with family and the community

  • Visits
  • Children visiting prison
  • Children living with a parent in prison - Living with Mum program
  • Mail
  • Phone calls

Emergency Management Days (EMDs)

  • How do I apply for EMDs?
  • What can I do if I’m unhappy with the Commissioner’s decision about my EMDs?

Parole

  • Who can apply for parole?
  • When can I apply for parole?
  • How to apply for parole
  • What happens after I apply for parole?
  • Final decision of the Adult Parole Board

Rights in prison

  • Rights from section 47 of the Corrections Act
  • Rights from the Victorian Charter of Human Rights
  • Breach of international human rights - making a complaint to a UN treaty body

Prison law overview

  • Australian legislation
  • Standards, guidelines and rules
  • International law

Prison rules, classification and separation

  • Prison rules
  • What happens when you break a prison rule? (Disciplinary process)
  • Security classifications/ratings
  • Separation

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