Prison
Justice reinvestment ‘key to tackling Indigenous incarceration’
Aboriginal legal services and community groups are renewing their call for money to be diverted from prisons to early intervention......
Nurses in NT police stations not enough
Kwementyaye Briscoe died in police custody in January last year. In response, a coronial inquest was issued to prevent an......
Queensland’s early intervention boot camps get under way.
The first group of young men took their steps towards reform in Queensland government’s latest addition to the Youth Justice......
Aboriginal youth could be silent victims in mandatory sentencing
We take a look at the proposed expansion of WA’s tough mandatory sentencing laws. Some fear the changes will spark......
Jail costs far outweigh rehabilitation
Now the economic arguments support the moral arguments – drug and alcohol rehabilitation produces far more cost-effective and socially-effective results......
New law that keeps high risk violent offenders imprisoned indefinitely
The NSW Government has proposed changes to the law that could keep high risk offenders in prison indefinitely. The Attorney-......
Homelessness- head of concerns for Women in Prison Advocacy Network.
You’ve just come out of prison, where you’ve done your time and are now ready to face the world. But......
High rates of mental illness among police detainees
There is a growing body of research showing that the odds are against people with mental illnesses. A new report......
Indigenous inmates told to use video linkup to attend funerals
A decision by the West Australian government to halve the budget on transport and security costs allowing inmates to attend......
Staggering rates of mental illness among Indigenous prisoners
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented in Australian prisons, and once there, they’re also more likely to suffer......