Prison
Five weeks you can’t get back
A data management error has been blamed for keeping a teenager in custody five weeks longer than he should have.......
Australia’s overcrowded prisons
Yesterday, prisoners took over a high security ward in South Australia’s notorious Port Augusta prison. 10 climbed on to the......
Irish prisoners struggle with learning difficulties
Those with learning disabilities feel frustrated, alienated, and victimised. But imagine coping with all that while being incarcerated. The Penal......
Wulgunggo Ngalu – a new diversionary program for Indigenous men
A $3 million dollar residential facility has opened in Victoria for Indigenous offenders on community based orders. The centre is......
Is there an imbalance between enforcement and punishment?
An Indigenous activist has criticised the Queensland Government for an imbalance between enforcement and punishment which increase disadvantage. Interview with......
Ex-prisoners some of our most vulnerable citizens
Almost half the prisoners leaving incarceration in NSW will end up back in prison within two years. According to the......
Hope and help for youth offenders
We’ve all followed the media storm surrounding child protection in the news lately, but reintegrating young offenders into the community......
How our prison environments are a problem for Aboriginal offenders
In 2001, Elizabeth Grant, a lecturer from the Centre for Indigneous Research at the University of Adelaide, accompanied an Aboriginal......
Tough love proposed for juvenile offenders
Young offenders charged with serious crimes, such as rape and murder should be sent to adult prisons. That was the......
Familes Behind Bars
A new book has been released that looks at the trauma of having a loved one detained in a foreign......