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Indigenous man, Robert Barnes, has been held in solitary confinement for over 700 days. The General Manager of Yatala has banned cultural support services from visiting prisoners in G-division (solitary confinement). This is a breach of the human rights treaties, legal requirements, and the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

We call for:

• The General Manager to be stood down immediately whilst an investigation is undertaken in response to recent allegations of human rights breaches, cultural ignorance and abuse of power.
• A review undertaken on the decision by the General Manager to ban Aboriginal Liaison officers from entering G-division to provide support to indigenous prisoners.
• Reinstating Aboriginal Liaison access to G-division.
• All prison staff must undertake training with respect to requirements to benefits of cultural support to Indigenous prisoners.
• Correctional services must review the current rules preventing prisoners in Yatala from receiving educational textbooks for personal possessions.

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