Latest incarceration News

Majority of children in detention are unsentenced, new data reveals
National Children’s Commissioner condemns new Victorian bail laws as a backward step for rights and wellbeing of children
Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right
Forging New Path
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led solutions key to Closing the Gap
PREMIER’S KNEEJERK BAIL LAWS WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT FIRST NATIONS, WON’T IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
National Children’s Commissioner welcomes Senate Inquiry report calls for child justice reform
Recommendations released for use of opioid agonist treatment in prisons
Locking up children: “Not punitive” according to Premier Chris Minns
Apology to the Stolen Generations Anniversary Breakfast, Parliament House Canberra
80% of young people refused bail is a poor test for reducing crime
New Orleans students showcase their creativity with iPad and Mac
RMIT Features In 2025 Australia Day Honours
Oxfam pushes for Voice, Truth and Treaty on January 26, a Day of Mourning for Australia’s First Peoples
Fulbright study: Can US offer solutions to reduce youth crime and reoffending in Australia?
Flip the funding model and smash the cycle of child abuse
Vasey RSL Care Calls on Government to Act With Urgency on Key Royal Commission Recommendations
The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it…
ABC Radio Darwin Breakfast With Adam Steer
Prisoners creating peer support through Sisters for Change
Justice Health Safeguards program expands to regional NSW
Rainbow Lodge Aboriginal prisoner transport service secures two-year funding lifeline
UN expert concerned over criminalisation, arbitrary detention and long sentences for indigenous defenders: Mexico
How to quell the sharp rise in youth violence in Canada
Dismantling systemic racism – perspectives from First Nations peoples
Senator Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Television Interview 1 November
Time To Shut Down Failed Youth Justice Residences
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Television interview – NITV with Emma Kellaway
We must ‘help way earlier’ – united call to address systemic failures of Australia’s youth justice systems
AMA joins united call for action on Australia’s youth justice shame
Targeted Sanctions in Response to Human Rights Violations in Iran
Staged Implementation For Electronic Monitoring
Review highlights next steps to reduce First Nations incarceration rates
NSW Labor abandons Closing the Gap targets as First Nations Remand numbers soar
Early intervention and diversion to shape next phase of ACT justice reinvestment approach to addressing issues in the Criminal Justice System
Prison No Place For Children
Access to opioid treatments in prisons saves lives: new study
Recommendation to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility welcomed
Brazil must urgently dismantle enduring systemic racism, says Special Rapporteur
Vic Government must stick to commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Supporting Victorians To Flourish Beyond Bricks and Bars
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Indigenous empowerment, Closing the Gap, and future Indigenous leadership
New Closing Gap Data 1 August
Changes needed to keep First Nations children out of incarceration
Research to make lithium safer for BD patients
Burning bright: NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year 2024’s powerful speech at Tamworth NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week Spotlight: Constable Jarwin Blackman