Simon Corbell and ACT Corrections like S&M

I have carefully read the Human Rights Commissioner’s report and so feel qualified to comment. It has $$$$$$$$ stamped all over it. I cant wait to see what happens when the penny pinching purveyors of the Maconochie money-pit are confronted with the cost in dollars reality of providing every inmate with their own personal bottom wiper. I wonder how many preschools they’ll have to close to fund this one?

Thumper needs to be arrested for voluntary consumption of VB. And sanitised.

Having been a prison warden before (Mt Eden Prison for the pedants) I can assure you that the only method of control in remand that will work to control Frequent strip searches, drug testing and S&M is solitary.

Whilst I’m sure the Rioters would agree that the remand process is pretty much a swinging door process through to a magistrate, human rightsy kinds of people seem to concur that the little darlings need to have some contact with other little darlings while they are there. Hence the requirement to treat them in the same manner as fulltime prisoners, because it’s the intermingling that necessitates searching.

“Hi I just killed someone. Please lock me up.
Oh, and could I have a triple shot-low foam skinny-soy latte with a whisper of nutmeg and a dusting of cocoa.”

Indeed. To do that now would be a gross violation of a person’s human rights, especially if they don’t offer skim milk.

refused togive you breakfast thumper,
these Aussie prisons lack all the class of french ones. Even the worst offender is entitled to a freshly baked croissant, plunger of coffee and glass of chaeteu don perignion every morning. Well, that’s what I assume at least.

“Human Rights Commissioner is full of sh*t. On 666 this morning, she was on basically supporting the misguided view that a new prison would solve most of the problems.”

Which funnily enough, is also what Corbell’s chanting.

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If anyone is genuinely interested in this issue, I recommend taking the time to read the full report, rather than just a news item. Full report is available here: http://www.hrc.act.gov.au/assets/docs/Corrections%20Audit%202007.pdf

“Being pissed is not an excuse for finding yourself in the lock up.

A bit of roughing up whilst they are in there might scare the living daylights out of some of them and make them wake up to themselves.”

That is a harsh and simplistic view. I had a teacher once who on one occassion got drunk and some other bloke who also had too many though the teacher was giving him a look. The teacher wasn’t but it turned into a fight despite his denials. Both were hauled to the police station and spent some time in the lock up.
On this occassion, they wren’t put in a remand centre, just the cells to sober up.
But this teacher had never been drunk like this before, was a person of good character and was deeply disappointed with himself. But had he being put in remand, do you really think that being subjected to such treatment (“roughing up” “scare the living daylights”) would have straitened him out. It wouldn’t have, just as it wouldn’t in many/most cases. Saying that it would is a generalisation.

P.S. Human Rights Commissioner is full of sh*t. On 666 this morning, she was on basically supporting the misguided view that a new prison would solve most of the problems. She was also pushing for needle exchange services in the prison and condoms.
Well, a new building isn’t going to slove the staff shortages, inadequette training of staff and the attitude of prisoners. That is pie in the sky. How much is the commissioner getting payed to be so useless?

Luckily for the Government.. anything their human rights commissioner says that they disagree with, they can ignore. the legislation has no binding powers what-so-ever.

I actually support the prison and a rehabilitation approach.

I just hope they can do it right… for starters they will have trouble filling their 40 thousand a year warden jobs. Most of those who get them will move into low level public service jobs within months.