Justice behind bars : understanding the Queensland prison system / by Kobie Mulligan; contributor: Matilda Alexander.

Brisbane : Prisoners' Legal Service Publishing, 2007.

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Prisoners -- Services for -- Australia -- Queensland.

Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Queensland.

Prisoners' families -- Civil rights -- Queensland.

Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian -- Civil rights -- Australia -- Queensland.

Torres Strait Islanders -- Civil rights -- Australia -- Queensland.

Prison administration -- Australia -- Queensland.

Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.

1. Introduction

2. The prisons themselves

3. Entering inside

4. The basics of day to day

5. Complaints, grievances & external review options

6. The reality of good order and security

7. Outside looking in - inside looking out. Contact beyond the walls

8. Learning and earning on the inside

9. One foot in - one foot out. Gradual release

10. Break on through to the other side: parole in Queensland

11. Discrimination & positive measures to overcome disadvantage

12. Exit strategy - post release needs

13. Important contacts.

This book provides information about the legal rights which exist within the Queensland prison system, and explains how the prison system operates.

9780980382600

xi, 197 p. ; 21 cm