Tag: Prisons
Tragedy and hope: what the abuse-in-care report will say and what has to happen now
The 16-volume royal commission report, to be made public tomorrow, will show beyond doubt how state policies and institutions have been guilty of enabling abuse. Change has to begin immediately.
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23 Jul, 03:00 AM
Most prisoners never receive visitors, and this puts them at a higher risk of reoffending
Receiving visitors while behind bars was a raft of benefits, but people have reported many barriers. It must be made easier to help drive down recidivism rates.
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1 Feb, 12:00 AM
How mistaken identity can lead to wrongful convictions
Leonard Mack spent years in a US jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Here’s how identification procedures can, and have, led to wrongful convictions, and what can be done to prevent it.
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16 Oct, 02:00 AM
‘They weren’t there when I needed them’: we asked former prisoners what happens when support services fail
Most people leaving prison face an uphill battle of service navigation that is too often deficit-focused, intentionally seeking out the failures of the individual and centred on punitive responses.
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26 Jul, 08:58 PM