Tag: national incarceration crisis

• “Tough on crime” has had its time, and Australian women are paying the cost

  

  Women comprise just 8 per cent of Australia’s prison population, yet they are the fastest growing cohort amid the country’s mass imprisonment crisis. Multiple organisations and researchers are calling for an overhaul of Australia’s justice system to help combat the issue.

  ontherecord

  August 9, 2022

  Analysis, Gender, Long Reads

  Crime, imprisonment, incarcerated women, incarceration, Justice Reform Initiative, national incarceration crisis, Seeds of Affinity