Office of the Public AdvocateA forum held by the Office of the Public Advocate and The Future Social Service Institute to discuss the barriers in the criminal justice system for Victorians with a disability or mental illness.
The panel, introduced by Acting FSSI Director Paul Ramcharan and moderated by Public Advocate Colleen Pearce, featured:
- Disability rights campaigner, Mr Justen Thomas, speaking on his experience and learnings as a person with a disability in the criminal justice system.
- Ombudsman Victoria, Ms Deborah Glass OBE, on her recent report, Investigation into the imprisonment of a woman found unfit to stand trial.
- Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University, Mr. Rob Hulls, on therapeutic justice.
