Doin Time

Marisa speaks with Latoya Rule about the Aboriginal death in custody of her brother, Wayne "Fella" Morrison, and the coronial inquest to date. Also on today's show Tessa Theocharous, Victorian criminal defence lawyer, talks about Mr. Kennedy, brother of Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson, who died in custody in January. The interview focuses on Mr. Kennedy's wrongful arrest, and time in custody, and the systemic racism of the police. Genocidal policies and transgengerational trauma of Aboriginal people are also discussed, as it pertains to the criminal justice system and increased sweeping police powers, as they relate to Covid-19 and prisons.

The doin time show interviewed Apryl, who is the daughter of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day. We discussed the coronial inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman, Tanya Day, and the circumstances leading up to her death, including the behaviour of the Police and vline. Next we interviewed Carolyn Jackson daughter of Ray Jackson. She paid tribute to her Father's death and honoured his Life's work.Finally, we interviewed Joseph Pugpese, longtimea activist and friend of uncle Ray. Joseph shared the legacy of Ray, and his commitment to refugees and asylum seekers the passport ceremony, and building the movement to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody. His commitment to bereaved families was also discussed, and also Deathscapes.

The doin time show spoke to Naomi Muophy, First nations Woman and advocate about Women in prison, focusing in particular on Aboriginal prisoners and lack of access to service, and also Coronavirus.We then spoke with Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective about a protest that was stopped because of increased police pers around theocial distancing measures. A discussion took place about the clation of the protest outside the Mantra Hotel where refugees are being held. The way they are being held can spread Coronavirus. Thep rotest is reseduled. Please see more detail on the Refugee Action Collective website.We then spoke with Ravi, a Tamil Asylum seeker livingin Melbourne, about Refugees and Lockdown under stage 3 restrictions. Refugees are losing their jobs and are starving in the streets because of lack of access to services.

marisa  read articles about women in prison marisa and peter interviewed tabitha ,a first nations woman  about her lived experiance in prison

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dave spoke of unions and gave a back ground then ali spoke of refugees rights

we spoke to  brett collins from justice action about mental health and prisons and then we spoke to anthony about the  imarc report , protest and activist rights

Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Indigenous Educator joined us on the show as a special guest and Indigenous contributor to discuss a new case study exploring the pertinent and misunderstood issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Australia and internationally as part of the Deathscapes project, www.deathscapes.org

Sam Watson was an Aboriginal Australia activist and socialist politician who passed away last year.This is a show in his memory.

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