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The ‘Doing Time for Men’s Crimes’ report was launched in Parliament House this week, as part of the Justice Map Project. The report began FOUR years ago, exploring the way male violence and systemic failures are fueling the rising number of incarcerated First Nations women in Australia. Senator Dorinda Cox hosted and welcomed the launch, …
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Is Australia’s prison system really working? According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, figures from a year ago show more than 800 young offenders aged between 14 and 17 have spent a night in lockup. At such a critical time in a young person’s development and self-discovery, how effective is juvenile detention and …
Prison Reform Advocates Call to Unlock Alternatives to Incarceration Read More »
Justice advocates have condemned figures showing Indigenous incarceration rates soaring above non-Indigenous people, despite a pledge by police to improve relations with Aboriginal communities. Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics show the number of Indigenous people on remand in jails across New South Wales is up by 47 per cent over five years while …
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A recent study found that the services available to former inmates in Australia struggle to access services that are supposedly made available to them post-release. The inaccessibility of these services leads to greater recidivism and reincarceration, a social and economic harm to the broader community. Experts are calling on the government to overhaul …
In the last decade there has been a sixty percent increase in female prisoners all throughout Australia. With this rate, there are a growing number of women according to CEDA’s report that are trapped in the system that is perpetuating the disadvantage that brought them into the system in the first place Image: Image: Shutterstock- …
Prison officers at NSW’s Parklea Prison began a strike today set to last 48 hours regarding safety concerns caused by understaffing. The privately run prison has the worst record for serious assault in the state. The Community and Public Sector Union NSW Branch (CPSU) says the staff are often asked to work overtime and understaffed. …
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A 51-year-old Indigenous man in Kowanyama, Far North Queensland died in custody last week. Inequalities in the health sector, unconscious bias, long-term neglect within the justice system and colonial influences are explored as contributing factors for Indigenous deaths in custody. While recommendations provided by First Nations people in addition to those by the Royal Commission …
Systemic neglect accounts for Indigenous deaths in custody Read More »