Doin Time

First we spoke with Jasmine Ali from Black Lives Matter about a solidarity event that is being planed on Sunday, in response to police brutality that happened at the the Milo Yiannopoulos event outside the  Melbourne Pavilion on Monday 4th December which attracted white-nationalist street gangs such as the True Blue Crew, the neo-nazi Soldiers of Odin group and convicted racial vilifier Neil Erickson who was arrested by police soon after he arrived. Then we spoke with Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective who gave a reportback on the Human rights day refugee rally on Sunday 10 December at the statelibrary. Refugee rights supporters will be rallied  at the State Library in Melbourne to call on the Turnbull government to end the offshore cruelty of Manus and Nauru, and bring the refugees home to Australia. Then we interviewed Vicky Roach Aboriginal activist, about her lived experience of prison. We discussed a new report that was compiled by the Human rights Law centre, about

Doin Time                                                                4-12-2017 On todays programme we interviewed Geraldine from the Refugee Action Collective about the Asylum Seeker rallies about the seige at Manus Island and the taking away of human rights. We also discussed the bad behaviour of the riot Police at the last rally, due to increased police powers in Victoria. Then we interviewed Rikki Chaplain Advocacey officer from Blind Citizens Australia. We spoke about disability support scheme and the challenges that blind and vission impaired people have to overcome just to get funding from the scheme.

Rupert Mann Author of the book Pentridge, Voices from the otherside & Ray Mooney a playwright and an Ex-Prisoner of Pentridge. We discussed Ruperts book and talked about the history of Pentridge Prison, & also talked about the people whom were in the book. We talked about Aboriginal issues and hangings at Pentridge Prison.

This is a recording of a Refugee an Asylum seeker rally about Manis Island and violations of human rights.

Part Two: Undercurrent Panel Disscussion looking at transformitive Justice. Anthony Kelly is executive officer from the Flemington Kensington community legal centre & Ada Comroy works with Male perpetrators and supports violence against women. Anthony Lekkas is a councilor with the Victorian AIDS Council.

Doin Time                                            6-11-17  Organised by Undercurrent Victoria, Marisa aired the first half of a panel discussion from the Principles and frameworks for accountability.  The speakers were: . Lauren Caulfield from the Police accountability project Flemington Kensington community legal centre. . Kirra Voller from Shut Youth Prisons. . Marisa Sposaro, broadcaster of Doing Time. http://www.undercurrentvic.com/abuse-support-and-accountability-workshop-series/

Doin' Time                                          30-10-17  This week we have commentary from political prisoner Mumia Abjumal from Prison Radio.

Doin Time                                                       23-10-17 Marrisa spoke with Ravi a Tamil asylum seeker promoting his book entiled "From hell to hell". She also spoke with Max Costello from the Refugee Action Collection, about the saftey of refugees from Naru & Manus Island & breeches of Human rights in work place Commonwealth law.

Doin' Time                                       16-10-17  Marisa interviews Lisa Newman Deputy National President of the CPSU about workers rights & the Turnball Goverments decision to allow multi-national company SERCO to operate a Centrelink call centre, saying the move will put vunerable Australians at risk. SERCO runs private prisons & Australias immigration detention centres. Peter also interviews James from the Refugee Action Collective about his recent arrest  & courte case  arrising from his arrest at the Refugee protest outside the MITA.

Topics on this episode: Brett Collins of justice action talks about shut down youth prisons, then Robert from Cincinnati, USA speaks about his band decidetoday, june 11 and black lifes matter.