Prison
Mass Imprisonment Crisis in Australia
The crime rate is falling, which is good news. Yet our prisons are full and the biggest proportional increase is......
Inmate safety concern during COVID-19
In prisons across Victoria there is concern about cleaning duties being done by inmates. The corrections department has told prisoner......
“Physically impossible to deal with a pandemic inside a prison”
Calls have been mounting for low risk prisoners and those who are vulnerable to Covid-19 to be released from prisons,......
Prison guard Covid case fuels calls for decarceration
Authorities have been under pressure since the beginning of the pandemic to allow low level prisoners to return to the......
Australia’s biggest gaol on track to open soon
Australia’s biggest and most expensive gaol on track to open in the coming months, but how will the correctional facility......
Let prisoners go while Covid 19 threatens, say lawyers
Governments in many countries around the world have agreed to let low risk prisoners out of gaol to avoid the......
Group therapy to help women in prison
Two thirds of all prisoners with mental health conditions are women. This makes it incredibly important to find therapies to......
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......