Effective Accountability Mechanisms Overseeing Corrections in Australia and Beyond: Are Ombudspersons a Vital Element in the Rule of Law or a Forlorn Hope?

Craig W. J. Minogue (www.craigminogue.org) has survived in prison since 1986. He earned a BA (Hons) in 2005 and in 2012 he was awarded a research based PhD in Applied Ethics, Human and Social Sciences. Craig assists fellow prisoners with equitable access to the courts, educational programs and health services. He designed a program of training and wrote a training manual for Health and Infection Control Peer Educators in Victoria’s prison system, and he currently works as such an educator. Craig has over 50 publications in the fields of educational practice, philosophy, literature, criminal law, human rights and prison issues. He also creates art when he can and he has a number of works hanging in public buildings in Melbourne. Craig can be contacted by email at craig2016@bigpond.com or by mail at the following address: 

Craig Minogue
Locked Bag 3
Castlemaine Victoria
Australia 3450