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Climate emergency and prisons don’t mix
On a 38-degree December day in the middle of the desert, 15 people incarcerated at Alice Springs Correctional Centre used t-shirts and pedestal fans to rip a hole in a ceiling, in a desperate attempt to escape the stifling heat of their overcrowded cells. The incident reignited calls to air-condition the prison – one recommendation of the Northern Territory Ombudsman, and firmly in step with the Territory’s human rights obligations to people deprived of their liberty.
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Working with one foot raised ahead of Feast Day of Saint Ignatius
The image of St Ignatius with one foot raised is an appropriate image to end the Ignatian Year, and resonates strongly with Jesuit Social Services as we work with one foot raised, ready and willing to respond...