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In his letter to the editor of the Canberra Times, Stuart Loveday, President of Hepatitis Australia argued that corrections officers should be reassured by the evidence from overseas needle-exchange programs.

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Woody, Have the Greens considered the effects of their policies on the coal mining industry?

the Maconochie Centre.Canberras very own prison..has only been opened a few months.. already just about full. and already full of drugs.

this is the most modern prison in the Southern Hem.. we have been told by a very proud Mr Stanhope..got every thing that opens and shut.. tennis courts. gym. swimming pool..state of the art as they say..I also know someone whos a resident in there.. and he lives in a house with about 4 others and they cook for themselves.. and basically apart from councelling thats about all they do.. however what escapes me how come they dont have state of the art equipement for stopping the drugs getting into places like this..

we are now expected to have our body xrayed before we leave the country on planes..so why not in the case of prison visitors..

the person I know in there is a drug addict.. so whats the point of all this money and help if its all around him.. which I am told by his mother is the case.this young man is almost 30 and a zombie. hardly speaks. and is interested in nothing..this is his second year and apart from putting weight there has been no change in him.. how depressing is that for his mum

codswal wrote on Jan 13^th, 2011 at 1:56pm:


If I was homeless that doesn't sound like too bad an option.  WTF is wrong with our system that criminals get to endure this sort of luxury!

Only Govt free Medics (those that don't work for a Govt directly - like the Public system) - should be the ones in charge of this issue of "Syringes in Prisons".
Of which I'm sure they would dissagree entirely.
Unlike the Govt who puts yellow bins in Public areas to say "Its socially acceptable to do drugs".

It_is_the_Darkness wrote on Jan 14^th, 2011 at 1:42am:



I worked in the warehouse side of the grocery industry.. during which we met all the company reps..and one told me.. A Yogurt making company.. was obliged to donate so much yogurt every day to the prison systems in NSW.they only got the best and freshest.now this was just one company.. so can you imagine what goes on.our aged people are left in appalling conditions at times.. and our disabled.. but not prisons..anything but those..

my son in law a copper had a guided tour of our prison he was gobsmacked.almost 5 star. now its over run by drugs.. amazing stuff.

if its the staff gizmo that are the cause how hard would it be to monitor them?? come on!.. cameras!!!!!

Sydney and Melbourne are two good examples of "crime" as culture.
In Sydney - the Police tend to keep the "rich and powerful" honest, but they are at a loss when it comes to the poor level or street crime. Hence why you get 'riots' happening these last 20 years.

Melbourne cops tend to focus upon the street level, so all the poor people are well behaved ...but the 'rich' tend to be a bit more criminally active ...like Skase, Grollo, Pratt, Packer, Rivkin etc all making big $$$ under somewhat dubious manners via the Melbournian loophole.

Of course, the Melbournian version is the more "southern hemisphere" than the more "northern" Sydney version.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> but wait.

All is not lost that we live in a nation run by luxuriously well kept people with criminal behaviour in the face of a 'poor' Law.
If you are not afraid to turn your attention from a TV to a Computer,
then I'm sure you are not afraid to turn from Politics (and its 'law' enforcement) ...to Art.

This is where Jabba the Hutt down there in Melbourne, sitting pretty in his Prison with all the latest cons falls short.
Its the wealthy 'Artists' that run the show here in Australia.

Being a criminal for the Law, be it rich or poor - is like having Cancer for the Medical ...you just don't wanna be in that 'zone'.
Jump the ditch and move onto Art or something else more 'constructive', if you can't embrace 'Law' as a way of life here in Australia.

...so they might be rich with all the cons in their prison cells. But they are still criminals in prison.
Ned Kelly might be seen by some as a "national and cultural hero", but thats only without a recognition of sharing the nation with the art industry, let alone some dirty dreadlocked Feral doing his best for our Tallest Trees Forests in Tasmania amongst many, etc.

Rich (without girlfriends ...possibly 'gay') or poor (with girlfriends) Criminals are criminals.

I hope this helps ...a bit.