Prison
Meditation the key to rehabilitation?
Should prisoners be given the opportunity to set their minds free, while their bodies are incarcerated? Anna Adams, a meditation......
Yet Another Death in Custody?
A 27-year-old mentally ill aboriginal man from Townsville in north Queensland has died after he stopped breathing while being restrained......
Deaths in Custody
There’s been four deaths in custody in Queensland within the past four weeks and still no answers....
Aboriginal deaths in custody in the spotlight again
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody are once again in the spotlight. Giving evidence to the re-opened inquest into the death-in-custody case......
Another death in custody sparks angry rally
It’s been almost twenty years since the Royal Commission handed down its recommendations on how Aboriginal prisoners should be treated.......
Diversionary measures result in positive outcomes for juveniles
Indigenous juveniles are being given harsher sentencing in Australian courts, when diversionary measures such as community service would be just......
Doomadgee -Five years later and no answers
It’s five years today since Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee died in custody. A string of official investigations at various......
Risdon Prison’s Books on CD
Books on CD has been running at Risdon Prison in Tasmania for the past year. Prisoners read story books aloud......
Racism blamed for high incarceration rates
More Indigenous people are being jailed in Australia even though they aren’t committing more crimes, according to a report released......
Prison no place for women
A conference in Brisbane today called for all women to be released from prison. Debbie Gilmour is a former prisoner......