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How can I help my relative or friend in jail?

You can call someone in jail if you are a close family member. (Wife, husband, brother, sister, mother, father).
You may be able to arrange to visit the person.

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Who Can Help? (Service Providers)

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NAAJA Lawinfo NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency) – Alice Springs
NAAJA Lawinfo NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency) – Tennant Creek
NAAJA Lawinfo NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency) – Darwin
NAAJA Lawinfo NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency) – Katherine
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Visiting someone in prison

This web page tells you how to arrange a visit to one of the prisons (correctional facilities) in the NT.
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Imprisonment (Yolngu Matha)

This audio explains the word imprisonment in Yolngu Matha. Click here for more recordings like this.

 

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Glossary: What these words mean
custody

Custody is when police hold you so you can’t leave. This is usually in prison while you wait to go to court.

(Modified from the Plain English Legal Dictionary 2015)
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