2y ago

Gus has been released from detention and fitted with an ankle bracelet. He wants you to know his story

www.abc.net.au

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"I think one of the important things that the public should take away is that every person who has been released has already served their sentence," she says.
None of the media coverage seems to account for this. If they were Australian Citizens they wouldn't have ankle bracelets (unless by court order) they'd just be walking free. How can anyone get a second chance? I think I know why the media and opposition pressured the government and it's just sad.
- If only we viewed prison as rehabilitation and not just punishment
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Gus Kuster was in his cell at Brisbane's immigration detention centre three weeks ago, on November 7, when he was called into the guard's office.
Now 44 years old, Mr Kuster was convicted of serious criminal offences, including for drugs, dangerous driving, weapons possession, breaching domestic violence orders, and assault.
Mr Kuster's final term of imprisonment came in December 2017 and was for 12 months — he'd breached a Domestic Violence Order in Queensland and his suspended sentence was enforced.
Within weeks of his return to prison in 2017, Mr Kuster's visa was cancelled under section 501 of the Migration Act because of his substantial criminal record and full-time imprisonment.
That all changed on November 7 when the High Court made an unexpected ruling, effectively ending indefinite detention for people with no other country to go to.
In the immediate aftermath, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told parliament three murderers and "several" sex offenders were among the cohort released into the public.
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