------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: JG Estiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Public Debate Australia To: DICWC_MEM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Gender Equity is INjustice in Western Australia Date sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:50:40 +1100 On Thu, 08 Mar 2001, you wrote: > Media Release > "On this International Womens Day we should not forget that in spite of > the position stated by bodies such as Amnesty International, in Western > Australia an Indigenous woman is fourteen times more likely to be > imprisoned than her non-Aboriginal sister!" said Kath Mallott the > Executive Officer of the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee. How many times is she more likely to commit an offense than her non-Aboriginal sister!? JG =================================================== "She" is the cats mother! The "offenCe" point is moot, given that the Western Australian Ministry of Justice (WAMOJ) have a Director of Offender Management and this is meant to cover all inmates, even those on remand. For those seeking to further research the data, please see the ABS series 4512.0 and the Crime Research Centre of the University of WA recent analysis of this situation: http://www.crimeresearch.ecel.uwa.edu.au/crc/stats/stats_report_1999.pdf A simplistic response to this question is not possible; given not all in prison are guilty of any offence. Some (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) are guilty only of being poor, they cannot afford the bail! Of the remaining women, nearly 60% are imprisoned because of non-payment of fines or traffic offences. One does have to wonder about the world of Charles Dickens and even Jonathan Swift (see "Cooking Kids"). When one crosses the Nullabor, does one physically and philosophically enter Nulljusticum? If you're Indigenous! Jim Duffield Research/Project Officer ~ DICWC ~ Jim Duffield "The beginning of the cause of deaths in custody does not occur within the confines of police and prison cells or in the minds of the victims. Initially it starts in the minds of those who allow it to happen." - Elder, the late Dr. Jack Davis AO, BEM http://www.deathsincustody.com ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
