Why are more people than ever behind bars in Australia?
In Australia, more people are behind bars than ever, and the spending on prisons is up.…
Prisons
Opioid treatment in correctional facilities important: research
Research led by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre have released findings that Opioid Agonist…
Prisoners underrepresented in Referendum vote
As the deadline for online enrollment to vote in the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum approaches…
UN suspends visits of Australia’s prisons
The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has suspended a visit to Australia after…
Australia’s Prison Dilemma
Last week, the Productivity Commission put out a research paper looking into the issues with Australia's…
fREADom Inside Project launched
Image:Image: Shutterstock The fREADom Inside Project is a new initiative allowing people to buy books to…
Justice Action: Defending Prisoners’ Rights
It’s not very often that we give much thought to prisoners and their rights while they…
Prison Rates in Australia
Data released last week from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a drastic increase in the…
Rethinking prisons to drop reoffending rates
Last year there were 26,163 people serving sentences in Australian prisons. Around 90% of these people…
Arrested: stopping rising prison rates
In a bid to reduce our overflowing prison population, the Baird government has announced that they…