Prison
Youth incarceration rates drop but indigenous kids left in the lock-up
One in two Australians in juvenile detention are Indigenous, which means Indigenous youths are 31 times more likely to be......
High court says Indigenous disadvantage does not dimish
Today the High Court of Australia made an historic decision recognizing that the disadvantage suffered by Indigenous Australians must be......
Aboriginal deaths in custody, remembering John Pat
This week marks 30 years since the death in police custody of Aboriginal teenager John Pat. The event was instrumental......
Numbers of Koori women in Victorian prison system surge
Aboriginal women make up more of the Victorian prison system than ever before. 8 in 10 of them are mothers.......
Will Labor’s target to reduce Indigenous incarceration work?
There’s a Closing the Gap target for employment, health and mortality rates. Now a new target for Indigenous justice reform......
Love Behind Bars
What keeps a relationship going when your partner is in jail and why do some women strike up romances with......
Young women ex-prisoners 20 times more likely to die
The shocking findings of a report released this morning by health academics Kate Van Dooren and Stuart Kinner reveal the......
Abu Ghraib jail break frees Al-Qaeda fighters
While the international media’s attention was focused on the birth of the royal baby, up to a 1000 prisoners many......
Twenty years after landmark report yet no landmark results
Over 20 years ago, a Royal Commission took place investigating Indigenous deaths in custody. But new statistics show backward results.......
Argument between governments puts lives at risk
An argument between state and federal governments over who should pay for a legal hotline could be putting lives at......