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Justice Action is a not-for-profit community organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Justice Action focuses on abuses of authority in the criminal justice and mental health systems in Australia. Founded in 1979 as Prisoner Action, Justice Action is independent of the Australian government and is funded by voluntary donations and the work of the social enterprise, Breakout Media Communications.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.breakout.net.au/about.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://justiceaction.org.au/cms/about/about )〕 Justice Action's coordinator is Brett Collins,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.communityjusticecoalition.org/home/cjc-signatories/brett-collins )〕 an ex-prisoner who began with the organisation in 1979 as co-founder. ==Campaigns and activities== In operation for over 30-years, Justice Action is one of the oldest independent prisoners' rights and advocacy services in Australia, and has had a significant impact on the development of criminal justice policy in Australia. It led the creation of various other agencies and organisations, including the Prisoners Legal Service in 1979, following the Nagle Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons, and the Australian Prisoners Union in 1999. Justice Action provides ongoing support to prisoners and involuntary mental health patients on a case-by-case basis, with an emphasis on cases that deal with issues of abuse, mistreatment or human rights. Justice Action has mounted recent high-profile campaigns on prison education and access to computers in cells, visitation rights for women prisoners, the prisoners' right to vote, the potential of a prison-based Needle Syringe Program,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hrlc.org.au/prison-needles-risk-is-a-furphy )〕 and the right of involuntary mental health patients to access educational programs, and make decisions concerning their treatment. Justice Action is regularly invited to attend and present at conferences in Australia and internationally on issues of prison reform, prisoners' rights, and mental health policy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/conferences/outlook4/collinsb.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nswccl.org.au/events/Conference%20Brochure.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.phaa.net.au/documents/Complex_Needs_Program.pdf )〕 As a community organisation focused on human rights issues in the justice and mental health sector, Justice Action works with partners nationally and internationally to share information, research, coordinate and conduct campaigns. In Australia, Justice Action works on campaigns in conjunction with other community groups and industry peak-bodies such as the New South Wales Council of Social Services,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ncoss.org.au/content/view/339/141/ )〕 the NSW Teachers Federation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acea.org.au/Content/2011%20Papers/Keeley.pdf )〕 and is a member of the (Community Justice Coalition ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.communityjusticecoalition.org/home/links-to-members )〕 an Australian community coalition focused on reform in the Justice and Prison Systems. Internationally, the organisation is a member of the (International Conference on Penal Abolition ) (ICOPA), a bi-annual international conference for activists and academics, which Justice Action hosted in 2006 for ICOPA 11 Tasmania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.communityjusticecoalition.org/home/cjc-signatories/brett-collins )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://justiceaction.org.au/cms/component/k2/item/369-icopa-xi-tas-1 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtZY159f0p0&feature=youtu.be )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justice Action」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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