Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service
Tasmania's Aboriginal Legal Service has reaffirmed its opposition to the state's treatment of children in the justice system after the Tasmanian government released a consultation document for its new...
The safety of detainees at Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYDC) — as well as that of its staff — is in question following a tumultuous period at the troubled facility.
A United Nations review of Australia's human rights compliance has heavily criticised Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (Ashley), the facility labelled an especially serious example of...
Two young Indigenous people have been transferred from youth detention to an adult prison facility in Tasmania, with concerns raised by the state's Aboriginal legal service.
Revelations security staff at a Tasmanian youth detention centre used a young person's t-shirt to create an improvised spit hood have sparked an outcry from Aboriginal legal and advocacy groups.
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says the Office of the Custodial Inspector's Annual Report exposes "a continuing failure by the Tasmanian Government" to provide humane and culturally safe condi...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. An Aboriginal restorative justice service has called for ur...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. The family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody in Ta...
An Aboriginal woman has died in custody in Tasmania, the state's prison director has confirmed. The prisoner, reported to have been on remand, died on Monday, with no further details of the incident s...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says the Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap report highlights that more needs to be done to address disadvantage experienced by Indigenous people b...
Concerns have been raised about the cultural inclusivity of an action plan released by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. The recently released Nukara Action Plan includes seven priority activities "to...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has commended efforts to enable prisoners to vote in the state's upcoming election. The move will see eligible prisoners able to vote in a Tasmanian House of Ass...
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has issued its policy agenda ahead of Tasmania's upcoming state election. It comes after the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Corporations Alliance (TRACA) called f...