justice system

Aboriginal women detainees are strip searched at higher rates than non-Indigenous women. Australia needs to address racial discrimination in justice system.

Low level female offenders are ending up with higher thresholds for bail and are being incarcerated in escalating numbers.

Federal Labor has announced it will allocate more than $90m over four years to reduce the incarceration rates of Indigenous people.

New research shows Aboriginal women in NSW are 8.3 per cent less likely to be granted bail by police than non-Aboriginal women.

The parallels between the legal fraternity and the political work environment are significant when it comes to toxic work cultures.

Hundreds of Australian children aged ten to 13 are in juvenile detention. Legal and medical experts say we must raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.