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Justice

There should be five levels of courts.

1.       Supreme Court. (to make final decisions on all cases referred by any of the Governments) This can include controversial criminal cases. It’s main function is to inform the government(s) of the legalities of any proposed legalisation. To uphold the constitution and any international legal agreements entered into by previous governments.

2.       National Courts, (judge and jury trials) to form final judgement on appeals to judgements of the Municipal Courts.

3.       Municipal Courts, (judge and jury trials) to form judgements on all cases brought before it and if the Judge decides to send it up to the National Court. The convicted can appeal to the National Court while serving their sentence.

4.       Local Courts, (Group of Three Lay People, with a law specialist) will process all charged with committing a criminal offence. They can decide if the suspect in front of them may need to receive a sentence that requires more then Curfew Accommodation they will be required to refer the case to a Municipal Court. If the suspect is found guilty they can appeal to the Municipal Court while serving their sentence.

5.       Civil Courts/Mediation service at municipal level. These will focus on disputes between individuals and individuals and organisations, not involving the law enforcements agencies. The judgements will be based on moral grounds (i.e. was the action in dispute fair) If mediator cannot provide a resolution, it will be decided by Local Court. If the mediator proposes a solution which is not acceptable to a party that party will be required to pay a nonrefundable fee based on their wealth, before the case is held by their court.
This court can refer the case to the Local court if they decide that a criminal offence has been committed. The court will be able to apply fines and compensation. Non payment of which will be a criminal offence and the case then will be dealt with by the Local Court.

The plaintiff can always appeal to the court above, on the understanding that all convictions will be undertaken during the appeal process which will be determined by the court to which the appeal is made

All fines should be based on the wealth of the guilty.
The fine will be based on his/her income, plus 2% of the wealth of his/her residential tax unit. (plus 0.5% any wealth of business tax units of which she/he is shareholder) See  wealth HERE of the culprit.

All “Prison” sentences will be allocated to one of the following:-

Levels of Convict accommodation
Highly secure accommodation run by the Country/regional government. Limited to the most dangerous people. (and the chances of release are minimal). This accommodation will provide the following Exercise, Education. All inmates will be required to work for 40 hours a week within the institution. (work can include writing, making things for sale etc.) The inmate’s actions during their stay will allow them to progress through the system.

Secure accommodation run by the Local Government. For people who have been convicted of a violent crime, people would be allowed, with approval, to leave for work (or work from “home”), where 50% of their income (after tax) will go to their lodging with their Basic Income while the rest, 50% of their income, will go to their residential tax unit (i.e. their family or a nest egg for them on release). This accommodation will provide the following Exercise, Education. All inmates will be required to work for 40 hours a week within the institution. (work can include writing, making things for sale etc. and allowed out into the community under guard) The inmate’s actions during their stay will allow them to progress through the system. When released they will go on to ….

Curfew Accommodation run by the Local Government. These will be warden run properties for up to 20 inmates. The inmates will be from the area from where they lived, if appropriate, so they can carry on with their employment.(If the inmate has a job they will be allowed, on approval of the Wardens/Court) to carry on with the job with cooperation of the employer to be aware of the rules placed on the inmate and report any breaches which they become aware. Their wages will be split 50/50 between their family or charity (decided by the court) and the accommodation provider. If the inmate does not have a job he will be available to do suitable work, at a fair rate, for the local council/local community under Municipal Supervision. i.e. Insulation of homes, building work, street cleaning) Each unit will have at least 3 wardens (1 must be in the unit whenever there is an inmate in residence), who will meet once a week to discuss the curfew restrictions of each inmate in their supervision and adjust them accordingly. The inmates, like the victims, will have an appeal system to the local council which can override the wardens. Each individual/inmate will only be allowed to appeal once a year. The wardens can release to Restricted Life (by an unanimous decision) any inmate if the inmate has been on minimal curfew restrictions for at least a month and has somewhere else to go. After that if a majority of the wardens think they shouldn’t be released they will have three months of restricted life.
All inmates will not be allowed to indulge in drink or drugs. (Facilities will be available to inmates to help them get over their addiction/s). The wardens will have the power, without reference to any other authority, to impose and lift rules and regulations on the individuals under their supervision. This will allow the wardens to get to know the inmates and apply the right level of freedom and allow them to integrate back into society.
The ultimate sanction available to the wardens will be send the inmate back to prison.

The inmates will all be of the same sex in any one institution.

This is where failed asylum seekers will be held until appeal system ended or deported to a “safe country”.

Restricted Life in the Community. This will allow them to participate fully in society. Under certain restrictions. (i.e. Not allowed to drink, contact a victim etc.) If they break any restrictions within a specified time period they will automatically be returned to Curfew Accommodation.

All prisoners must progress through the system before release regardless of the initial sentence

Detention

All “Prison” sentences will allocated for a specific time. (Maximum by National Court 100 years, Municipal Courts 20 years, Local Courts 3 years)  The initial institution will be decided by the court. (but can progress through the system after serving 25% of their sentence)

When that time is up and they have been in “curfew accommodation” for a month they can request release which should be granted unless all the wardens disagree. If a majority think he should be released then restricted life for a further month. An appeal against the length of sentence can be lodged by the inmate if they have been in curfew accommodation, without incident for at least a year. If successful the inmate will be restricted to Restricted Life for a month. And the rest of his sentence will be suspended.

All inmates will not be allowed to indulge in drink or drugs. (Facilities will be available to inmates to help them get over their addiction/s). The wardens will have the power, without reference to any other authority, to impose and lift rules and regulations on the individuals under their supervision. This will allow the wardens to get to know the inmates and apply the right level of freedom and allow them to integrate back into society.
The ultimate sanction available to the wardens will be send the inmate back to prison.

The rules and regulations will be drawn up by the local government minimum/maximum standards set by central government.

There will always be a warden in the accommodation if there is an inmate there. Each home will have a minimum of three fulltime wardens to allow for this.