Maggie Hall

Hoping this book starts conversations routledge.com/Co-production-…

@JarrydBartle I agree - and it reflects a lack of trust in the judiciary to take them into account sensibly. I predict an increase in psych reports ordered in sentence matters if references are disallowed. More money for report writers but more cost to Legal Aid out of the public purse.

We've really lost all public understanding as to what a character reference at sentencing is.

We examined the statuses of nearly 66,000 medical grievances from across the Bureau of Prisons. Here's what we found: Over 10 years, 98% of medical grievances were rejected. Less than 1% of medical cases ended in a grant of relief.

@James_Treadwell @redrumlisa @Justice4the21 I don’t recognise criminology these days .They seem more interested in being transgressive than dealing with actual criminal justice

@redrumlisa @Justice4the21 I am, but mostly are two camps I am not in. One an administrative elite group well in with the state, qnd do not criticise, others, radicals who would abolish all in search for a mythical utopia. The realism required to face the entrenched problems is in massively short supply.

I'm not a Criminologist but a Sociologist I'd make a plea here for Criminolologists to unite now. I think enough evidence over the years has grown for national change. Including arrests for covering up or changing evidence or nit doing your job that leads to public harm..

@jeremy_gans @JarrydBartle Twas ever thus in reporting about sentencing. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.And maybe courts should make it easier to get sentencing remarks.

As near as I can tell, this lengthy piece about a recent sentencing is based exclusively on media reports, rather than reading the actual sentencing remarks. Perhaps the writer was rebuffed when he asked the court for them, but the article should explain that.

Turns out casual staff shouldn’t be working for free at universities marking and doing other administrative activities. I reckon I’d be owed thousands (if not tens of thousands) for the ‘associated’ work I’ve done. No better time to join your union. nteu.au/News_Articles/…

We have reviewed the grade appeal and decided in favor of your student. Their accommodations allow them to miss any class or assignment without letting you know why or within proximity of the actual due date. Just because it was due in February, doesn’t mean it isn’t excused.

instead of men being taught consent and to not sexually assault people, women have to be taught to not exercise alone.

@Erin_Molan Who the hell is Erin Molan? Who are you anyway? Grace Tame can say what she wants. Brave young woman standing up to bullies and abusers. Freedom of speech whether you agree or not

Grace Tame doesn’t get a free pass to incite terror and deny the rape of others - nor do those attempting to defend it.

@JarrydBartle Yes, what an inaccurate article

All jurisdictions in Australia have statutory protections for counselling communications in sexual offence matters including court approval before release. As an aside, complying with a subpoena is not the same as disclosing to the other party. The court has to approve.

@EBlackwell6280 @Christie_Whelan The fact that you raise this given the verdict says a lot more about you than it does her. She was a child .

@Christie_Whelan The evidence at trial was that she made utterances to her friends a number of times that she "fucked her way to better grades". I find that interesting.

Let’s just remember - Grace is an activist who took her own pain and stood up to the ugliest side of humanity. She isn’t a MAFS contestant. She owes nobody anything. and idgaf- she will always be a hero to me and so many.

We all want to know if a guilty party actually regrets what they've done, but how can we tell? Well, we sort of can't. @maggiefifty @westernsydneyu theconversation.com/its-important-…

@jk_rowling Gender is not biology dear. Write some more kids books and stop showing your ignorance.

It is not ‘hate’ to speak the truth. It is not ‘hate’ to defend the rights of women and girls. It is not ‘hate’ to be deeply worried about an unevidenced medical experiment on minors. Rationality goes out of the window when you pretend men can be women.

@sappholives83 Can you please block me ? I’d love you off my feed with your bigotry . And please stop calling yourself a feminist. You’re not .

Muslim women deserve a better religion.

@sappholives83 Fake / you should be ashamed of yourself for making this up

“Here’s my transgender baby. She was born a boy, but now [at 14 months old] uses she/her pronouns.” This poor little boy doesn’t stand a chance. This is transhausen syndrome at its worst.

@jk_rowling But you know that the only true way to know who is a woman is to see their ovaries ! Off to get a scan so I can use the Ladies!

Man thinks he’s stumbled on a genius argument by revealing he can tell a man from a woman at a glance and that he knows a trans woman is a man.

@iwriteforliving @jk_rowling How do you know she is a woman? Have you seen her ovaries ?

@jk_rowling Still can’t believe people think bullying a woman into silence is a sign of progress. Thank you for not backing down, Jo. The louder they get, the more obvious it becomes who’s actually afraid of ideas. #ProphetRobert

Boycotts of my work have proven immensely effective so far, so I encourage you to really step up the obnoxiousness and aggression for this one. #ProphetRobert

@SKYRIDER4538 @jk_rowling Right here defending trans peoples rights against bigots

@jk_rowling A man is attacking a woman in defense of men pretending to be women and claiming women’s right. Isn’t that what the left used to fight against? Patriarchy? You can make this shit up!!! Where are the feminists.

Can't say I feel very shut down, but keep at it, Pedro. God loves a trier.

People have asked for our take on this article that suggests the U.S. prison population could drop by 60% over the coming years. Here it is: The math checks out. But the assumptions about the future depend on the choices policymakers make today. 🧵 theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll | Deaths in custody | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

See the issue with flip flopping laws is that it creates inconsistency in prisoners numbers. A focus on building new prisons and being “harsher” diverts funding away from what we actually need. We need justice reinvestment and prevention methods to avoid prison, but once they are imprisoned access to services and education to actively improve lives post-release. This State, actually built a new prison and then committed to bail reform. Didn’t staff that new prison for years which cost billions. Then flipped back to harsher laws and now are scrambling to staff it. All while not actually investing in the staff to run these prisons. We need an increased pay for prison officers, increased training, better staffing and actually empowering them to make meaningful rehabilitation connections whilst in prison. We need to sack private prison operators. It actually takes years to train good prison officers. I’ve spoken to so many officers who have not been given proper training and seen people been absolutely savaged on their first day on the job. Then they just quit. We need to drastically rethink our justice and incarceration system in this state. It’s creating an unsafe society. We just lurch from crisis to crisis and it’s unacceptable. This state deserves so much more.