Prisoners Working Group
Terms of Reference
The Prisoners Working Group will meet on a regular bases to consider the following:
- Mapping legal assistance sector activities including referral pathways, prison visits, and other entry points
- Considering and developing joint plans for legal education and information for inmates of Victorian correctional facilities
- Developing joint plans to address civil and family law needs of prisoners
- Raising emerging issues – for example violence and deaths in custody, the impact of the changes to parole, overcrowding, conditions of custody, the legal needs of people in prison who may interact with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
- Act as a consultative group on any proposed new services or service changes by organisations in the legal assistance sector
Working Group Members
- Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria
- Brimbank Melton Community Law Centre (Chair)
- Darebin Community Legal Centre
- Federation of Community Legal Centres
- Financial & Consumer Rights Council
- Human Rights Law Centre
- Justice Connect
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Mental Health Legal Centre
- Victoria Legal Aid
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
- Women's Legal Service Victoria
Meeting Minutes
- Minutes - Thursday, 18 February 2016
- Minutes - Thursday, 19 June 2016
- Minutes - Wednesday 17 August 2016
- Minutes - Thursday 17 November 2016
Papers
- A sector-wide approach to the legal needs of Victorian Prisoners
Addressing legal need in Victorian prisoners: A discussion paper for the Victorian Legal Assistance Main Forum, August 2015 - Clean Slate Project - Scoping Report
