News & Views ‘No support, no housing, no job’ – the vicious cycle pushing more women into prison In interviews, “cycles of harm” emerged as the reason women eeventually ended up in prison, new research has found.
News & Views We rally against gendered violence. Why are we silent about prisons? If we are serious about ending violence against women, we must demand an end to the prison system that disappears and brutalises them.
News & Views Extraordinary footage emerges of women leaving prisons in Syria Footage has emerged from Syria, purportedly showing rebel fighters freeing many women from their prison cells.
News & Views Laws in Italy have stopped pregnant women from going to jail. Those laws have now been scrapped. The Italian government has removed legislation that has protected pregnant women and women with babies under 12 months old from going to prison.
News & Views Women adversely impacted by justice reforms designed for violent male offenders Low level female offenders are ending up with higher thresholds for bail and are being incarcerated in escalating numbers.
News & Views Debbie Kilroy has recovered from COVID-19 & is concerned for those in our overcrowded prisons Debbie Kilroy OAM is the CEO of Sisters Insids. She’s just been cleared of COVID-19, after spending 25 days in self-isolation with the virus.
News & Views How Debbie Kilroy achieves change for women and girls in the criminal legal system Debbie Kilroy OAM is the CEO of Sisters Inside and one of Australia’s leading advocates for criminalised women and children.
News & Views More women in Australia are going to prison than ever before. Here’s why. While men make up the majority of the Australian prison population, the number of women entering the prison system is increasing at a much faster rate.
