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The NSW Parliament Law and Safety Committee has just released a report calling on NSW police to make publicly available details surrounding a “hidden” blacklist used by police to target children as young as nine.

Redfern Legal Centre’s police powers solicitor Samantha Lee and Dr Vicki Sentas, convenor of RLC’s police powers clinic, spoke to Buzzfeed News about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) used by NSW Police to target children as young as nine years old.

The two deaths that occurred at a recent Sydney music festival are an absolute tragedy and RLC does not want to see young people’s lives put at risk.

On 20 September, the Law Enforcement and Conduct Commission (LECC) released findings of its first three reports on police misconduct.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for an end to a New South Wales policing practice known as the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP), a “hidden” blacklist used by police to target children as young as ten.

Did you know that the Redfern Legal Centre operates out of RPA hospital two days a week? This is the first hospital-based health/justice partnership in NSW and has proven popular among patients and staff.

On July 1, the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) (‘the Act’) and many provisions of the Crown Land Management Regulation 2018 (‘the Regulation’) came into effect.

Redfern Legal Centre welcomes the release of the Final Report of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday 28 March 2018.

The NSW police oversight body, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (the LECC) has released its first public report since it commenced operations.

Policing the Police: Spotlight on RLC's Policing Accountability Practice.