Prison
What do full jails mean for prisoners’ children?
Right now, Australia has the highest share of the population locked up in the nation’s history. A new report released today......
NSW Prison’s Bursting at the Seams
NSW’s prisons system is over-crowded and operating at near maximum capacity according to a report issued by the NSW Auditor-Generals......
WA publishes new reform for prison incarceration of indigenous Australians
Surpassing the national incarceration rate in Australia by 60%, Western Australia is faced with a massive overrepresentation of indigenous Australians......
Tanya Day’s coronial inquest to consider impact of systemic racism
The case of Aunty Tanya Day’s death in custody after being arrested with a public drunkenness charge has reverberated around......
Video calls could provide vital connection between Indigenous inmates and loved ones
Calls are being made for video conferencing technology to be made available for remote communities in the Northern Territory, wanting......
Indigenous musician Joe Geia helps prisoners with poetry
He’s one of Australia’s best known Indigenous musicians, and he’s using his art to help. Joe Geia has collaborated with......
Post-Prison Problems: Suicide in Ex-Prisoners
Incarcerated Australians are at risk of suicide while in prison, but the risk is even greater when they’re released. For......
Victorian Government Reaching Out to Youth Offenders
A Victorian task force will speak to every Aboriginal youth in the state’s juvenile centres to create law reform. Fifty-three......
Queensland kids battle with custody
150 teddy bears sit in a prison cell outside Queensland Parliament House as a stark reminder of the number of......
High rates of brain disorders in WA’s imprisoned youths
Nine in ten imprisoned youths in WA have a severe brain disorder and one in three suffer from Fetal Alcohol......