From:                              Philip Johnston <scribepj@bigpond.com>

Sent:                               Monday, March 4, 2019 8:10 AM

To:                                   'PMaster.Norman@courts.sa.gov.au'

Subject:                          “Discussion Paper – 'Thinking Outside the Cell” -  Could you provide to me the contact details of one or two people who want the following aspects of the Criminal Justice System materially improved

Attachments:                 Attachment_B_DozenProblemsWithinAustralianPrisonSystem.htm; Defined_Terms.htm; Articles_&_Reports.htm; Femicide_and_Filicide.htm; death-tally-2.png; Recidivism_re-offendingRatesInAustralia.htm; Peer_Review_Questions.docx

 

Peter

 

References:

·         my below email to Adam Bodzioch sent Fri, Jan 25, 19 5:12pm which ‘inter alia’ quoted text from ACPC’s “Constitution & Rules” that I relied upon to ask for ACPC to review my “Discussion Paper – 'Thinking Outside the Cell” which I have now expended over 300 hours R&D (evident in my 2nd and 3rd Attachments) and the 350+ files in my CD and USB Stick

·         my follow up email to Adam Bodzioch sent Thurs, Jan 31, 19 6:15pm; and

·         below email from Peter Norman to me sent 31 Jan 19 10:13am.

 

Could you provide to me the contact details of initially one or two people who want the following aspects of the Criminal Justice System materially improved:

1.    Dozen Unsustainable Problems Within Australian Prison System – Attachment B

2.    Annual Femicide and Filicide murders in Australia – 4th and 5th Attachments

3.    Exceedingly high recidivism/re-offending rates in Australia - 6th Attachment.

 

Alternatively, I could post a CD and USB Stick, with A4 hardcopy, to Level 2, Sir Samuel Way Building, Victoria Square, Adelaide or ACPC’s other nominated postal address.

 

I have prepared a Peer Review Questions document (final Attachment) to facilitate people who want the above three unacceptable aspects of our Criminal Justice System mitigated and have the courage of their convictions.

 

I will then post a CD and USB Stick and A4 of My Discussion Paper to the postal addresses provided.  The CD will auto open in a Windows operating system at my covering letter addressed to each person who is prepared to –

·         read my Discussion Paper for at least three hours; and

·         expend at least two hours responding to my 14 Questions in my final attachment.

 

Phil Johnston aka  Bank Teller
0434 715.861

 

From: Norman, P Master (CAA) [mailto:PMaster.Norman@courts.sa.gov.au]
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:13 AM
To: 'scribepj@bigpond.com' <scribepj@bigpond.com>
Subject: Discussion Paper

 

Dear Mr Johnston

 

Your email to the Public officer of ACPC,  Mr Adam Bodzioch, has been referred to me.

I propose to forward the material you have provided to the Executive for their comments.
It may be a few weeks before I will be able to  respond as I am about to go on leave.

I should also add that our website is currently being rebuilt and I will have to consult our webmaster to inquire whether we have bandwidth to accommodate any new material.
Thank you for your interest in  the Council

 

Sincerely


Peter Norman

ACPC Chairman

31 January 2019

 

From: Philip Johnston [mailto:scribepj@bigpond.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:15 AM
To: 'cromer50@bigpond.com' <cromer50@bigpond.com>
Subject: FW: Will the ACPC publish the final cut of my “Discussion Paper – 'Thinking Outside the Cell” on its webpage 'Crime Prevention Articles' after it is peer reviewed by at least three recognised ‘crime prevention authorities’?

 

Adam

 

Would you please acknowledge receipt of my below email sent to you as Treasurer and Public Officer on Fri 25th Jan.

 

Phil Johnston aka  Bank Teller
0434 715.861

 

From: Philip Johnston [mailto:scribepj@bigpond.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 5:12 PM
To: 'cromer50@bigpond.com' <cromer50@bigpond.com>
Subject: Will the ACPC publish the final cut of my “Discussion Paper – 'Thinking Outside the Cell” on its webpage 'Crime Prevention Articles' after it is peer reviewed by at least three recognised ‘crime prevention authorities’?

 

Attention:  Adam Bodzioch, Treasurer and Public Officer

Will the ACPC publish the final cut of my “Discussion Paper – Thinking Outside the Cell” on its webpage 'Crime Prevention Articles' after it is ‘peer reviewed’ by at least three recognised ‘crime prevention authorities’?

Will the ACPC also publish written comments of ‘peer reviewers on its webpage 'Crime Prevention Articles'?

Attachment H is a htm file that contains the ACPC’s Constitution and Rules.  I have marked-up pertinent clauses that support my above request, not limited to the immediately below indented clauses and definitions:

Clause 4 ‘Objects”, in particular Clause 4.8 “To provide a forum for the free discussion of all matters of interest amongst those who pursue the objects of the Council.”

The definition of Crime Prevention  “strategies, including programs and initiatives (with associated attitudes and behaviours) directed at reducing crime rates, recidivism rates, and the fear of crime and directed at enhancing within the community a sense of safety and a feeling of security and directed at improving the quality of life in society and developing environments where crime cannot flourish.”

Clause 5 Functions and Powers, in particular Clause 5.2

- To publish crime prevention information;

- To make submissions to improve the laws in relation to public offences and offenders and the procedures by which those laws are enforced.

I note that the Australian Crime Prevention Council is a voluntary association of individuals, departments and organisations representing a wide cross section of interests and disciplines, including branches of the criminal justice system, courts, police, corrections, prisons, mental health services, criminology and ethnic minority groups.

The Council's objectives include:

·         Assist and promote the prevention of crime;

·         Encourage participation by citizens in the prevention of crime;

·         Provide a forum for the free discussion of crime prevention issues;

·         Develop awareness and better understanding of the problems of crime and methods properly available to prevent it.

Primarily, the Council sees itself as a facilitator - bringing people and organisations with similar goals together.

 

Will ACPC publish my invitation set out below under the heading “Discussion Paper – Thinking Outside the Cell” on its website?

 

My further below indented invitation –

 

A.    outlines my ‘Thinking Outside the Cell’ model for Australia’s Correctional Services prisons (based on research evident in Attachments ‘C’ and ‘E’) to reduce the magnitude of a Baker's Dozen Problems (Attachment ‘B’) within the Australian prison system and the horrific incidence of homicides annually resulting from domestic violence; and

 

B.    invites interested readers (to contact me – Philip Johnston - at scribepj@gmail.com) who share my belief that sentencing of both Corporal Punishment and Capital Punishment need to be re-introduced on a restrained basis, for some criminals.  In the case of Capital Punishment for some murders, to reduce –

       I.    the magnitude of a Baker's Dozen Problems (Attachments ‘B’) within the Australian prison system; and

       II.   vicious homicides against defenseless citizens - Femicide and Filicide.

 

Attachment ‘D’ is one of over 150 articles, reports, submissions (listed in Attachment ‘C’) that I have –

1.    downloaded a PDF or a html file;

2.    extracted the text and saved the text in a htm file;

3.    read and colour background interesting aspects of those papers; and

4.    linked the htm file with an embedded thread, so readers can readily –

*     validate the source of all information in my Discussion Paper; and

*     evidence key findings that I took from each of over 150 documents.

 

Discussion Paper – Thinking Outside the Cell

 

“My name is Philip Johnston.  I retired 13 years ago after a long career at one of the Four Pillar banks where, in the latter part, I administered as ‘Agent bank’ many large infrastructure projects (purchase of Sydney Airport and Brisbane Airports post-privatization, construction of Sydney Harbour Tunnel ‘et al’).

 

I attained a B.A. with a major in Economics and a Masters in Applied Finance from Macq Uni.

 

Femicide Australia Project research shows 108 adult men, 48 adult women and 17 children and young people were murdered in 2017 due to domestic violence. 

 

Australian Femicide Facebook reported 63 women murdered to 5 October 2018.

 

            Impact For Women reports that 79 women and 22 children were killed in Australia in 2018 due to domestic violence.

 

The Red Heart Campaign report that 19 children aged 23 years or younger and 79 women died almost exclusively from domestic violence in 2018.

 

Over 50% of inmates released from Australian prisons in 2014 had returned to prison within three years.

 

After reading over 150 papers, submissions, articles, reports, I have written a discussion paper titled 'Looking Outside the Cell' (available on a DVD or USB Stick Flash Drive) that prosecutes the case to sentence both Corporal and Capital Punishments on a restrained basis, the latter being sentenced for some criminals for some premediated murders or vicious murders against defenseless women and children, to reduce –

I.      the magnitude of a Baker's Dozen Problems within the Australian prison system; and

II.     the horrendous annual homicide rates caused by domestic violence.

 

The Scandinavian countries and Texas USA have achieved success with Restorative Justice and are not experiencing the Baker's Dozen Problems to the same unsustainable extent as in the remainder of the USA states, the UK, Canada, Australia ‘et al’.

 

A burnt DVD provides greater integrity than a USB Stick and will auto-open (in a Windows operating system) at my 'Looking Outside the Cell' discussion paper.  A reader can readily click on embedded threads therein to review source material relied upon.

 

I will post a DVD or a USB Stick to anyone who -
A.        agrees the need to re-introduce both Capital and Corporal Punishment because of the Baker's Dozen Problems; and

B.        emails me at scribepj@gmail.com that that they are prepared to expend at least –

*        three hours to read my discussion paper 'Thinking Outside the Cell'; and

*        will then email me, or ‘phone me, with their comments.”

Thinking Outside the Cell –

(i)            provides for judges to Sentence both Capital Punishment and Corporal Punishment to reduce existing jail incarceration sentences at MAXIMUM PENALTIES by approx 50%, because Corporal Punishment is the Punishment.  Incarceration to ‘serve your time’ is not the Punishment). Prison is for Rehabilitation;

(ii)           draws largely on Attachment I ‘Incarceration Practices based on the Restorative Justice Model Successfully Adopted in Scandinavia since the late 20th century’ where prisons predominantly are rehabilitation institutions; and

(iii)          addresses every aspect required to materially reduce offending and re-offending rates.

 

I will post a DVD and a USB Flash Drive Stick that contain my discussion paper 'Thinking Outside the Cell' to Adam Bodzioch if you would like to review it before publishing my above indented request that seeks ‘peer reviewers’.

 

Phil Johnston aka  Bank Teller
0434 715.861