Each edition contains news articles and investigative pieces. These are topical stories that are usually about prisons and criminal justice.
We also summarise the latest criminal justice news around the country.
We put a call out for messages from loved ones of people in prison across the country, and more than 100 people responded. We hope these brighten your day.
The NSW Government has moved to make it easier to find incarcerated people guilty of a “prison offence”, against the advice of independent experts.
Every year in early December, a group of volunteers come together to pack a hamper for every woman in prison in Victoria.
Including smoking being banned in WA prisons, a death in custody at Mary Hutchinson in TAS, a painkiller trial hailed as a success in QLD and more.
Nothing warms my heart more than the selflessness of good people doing good deeds for our sisters and brothers in prison.
A program in Ballarat, Victoria is connecting regular community members with people in prison. The program, ‘The Future Shapers,’ conducts tours of local prisons and sit-down group interviews with inmates.
When a flyer was put up in the NSW Dillwynia Correctional Centre for a new book club last year, the program was filled in just three hours.
The latest in criminal justice around the country, including prison overcrowding in WA, government stalls on gambling reforms, new reforms strengthening laws against strangulation and more.
The journey back to employment for women with a criminal record can be challenging but also transformative. It requires a comprehensive approach that addresses immediate needs, builds skills, provides support, creates valuable employment opportunities and tackles systemic barriers.
The Untold Stories of Injustice is a five-part radio series that features a collection of interviews, discussions and events highlighting the experiences of folks who have been incarcerated in so-called Victoria, Australia.
Prison pen-pal programs have been found to improve the health and wellbeing of those in prison, and their rehabilitation, thanks to improved connections with
the general community.
The latest in criminal justice around the country, including a calling for reform on Youth Justice, the age of criminal responsibility being reduced to 10 in the NT and a potential end to strip searches for women in QLD prisons.
Racial profiling is a concern for policing across the country.
Several states are looking to improve access to technologies in prison cells, with some also to provide limited access to the internet and email.
The latest in criminal justice around the country, including Queensland Police Officers facing charges after a watchhouse incident, formerly incarcerated women calling for the end of strip searches in prisons and domestic violence law reforms in NSW.
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