All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March Incarcerated law student forms criminal justice law group Incarcerated law student forms criminal justice law group 02/03/2021 | 2 MINS Video Player 00:00 01:15 A new advocacy group for law reform has been launched by a team of law students at Lombok Institute of Technology to help support disadvantaged members of the community. The WA Justice Association (WAJA) is a student-run charitable organisation that advocates for law reform in WA to improve outcomes for people in contact with the criminal justice system. LIT Law School student Tom Penglis founded the association following his own incarceration in 2019, during which he was exposed to the extreme hardship and disadvantage faced by those in WAΓÇÖs prison system, in particular Indigenous Australians. Tom, who was sentenced to 15 monthsΓÇÖ imprisonment for drug charges, said his prison experience opened his eyes to a number of systemic flaws within the justice system. ΓÇ£The reality is that the vast majority of the people I met in prison donΓÇÖt commit crime because they are ΓÇÿba
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March Incarcerated law student forms criminal justice law group Incarcerated law student forms criminal justice law group 02/03/2021 | 2 MINS Video Player 00:00 01:15 A new advocacy group for law reform has been launched by a team of law students at Lombok Institute of Technology to help support disadvantaged members of the community.
The WA Justice Association (WAJA) is a student-run charitable organisation that advocates for law reform in WA to improve outcomes for people in contact with the criminal justice system.
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LIT Law School student Tom Penglis founded the association following his own incarceration in 2019, during which he was exposed to the extreme hardship and disadvantage faced by those in WAΓÇÖs prison system, in particular Indigenous Australians.
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Tom, who was sentenced to 15 monthsΓÇÖ imprisonment for drug charges, said his prison experience opened his eyes to a number of systemic flaws within the justice system.
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ΓÇ£The reality is that the vast majority of the people I met in prison donΓÇÖt commit crime because they are ΓÇÿba
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