Incarceration
Prison Reform Advocates Call to Unlock Alternatives to Incarceration
Is Australia’s prison system really working? According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, figures from a year ago......
Indigenous incarceration rates surge despite police pledges
Justice advocates have condemned figures showing Indigenous incarceration rates soaring above non-Indigenous people, despite a pledge by police to improve......
Former Prisoners Find Services Inaccessible
A recent study found that the services available to former inmates in Australia struggle to access services that are supposedly......
More Women in Prison
In the last decade there has been a sixty percent increase in female prisoners all throughout Australia. With this rate,......
Officers strike at one of Australia’s most violent prisons
Prison officers at NSW’s Parklea Prison began a strike today set to last 48 hours regarding safety concerns caused by......
Systemic neglect accounts for Indigenous deaths in custody
A 51-year-old Indigenous man in Kowanyama, Far North Queensland died in custody last week. Inequalities in the health sector, unconscious......
First International Prison Conference in Norway
Prison radio has transformed many lives around the world. This includes Dwayne Antojado who is now at the RMIT Department......
The Walama List – First Nations voices in District Courts
New pilot program, The Walama List, recently announced by the NSW government is the first move towards including First Nations......
Incarceration Nation
Custody has infamously been a long and serious issue among Indigenous Australians but even today deaths and other injustices for......
NT youth justice legislation changes disproportionately affect Indigenous youths
The Northern Territory Government implemented new changes to the Territory’s youth justice legislation, which came into effect on Tuesday. The......