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August 30, 2023

Too many young people who’ve been in detention die prematurely. They deserve better

Lucas Calais Ferreira, The University of Melbourne; Alex Brown, Australian National University; Stuart Kinner, Curtin University, and Susan M. Sawyer, The University of Melbourne

Children as young as ten don’t have access to Medicare if detained. And they’re dying of largely preventable diseases.

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October 14, 2022

Why is a UN torture prevention committee visiting Australia?

Lindsay A. Pearce, Curtin University and Stuart Kinner, Curtin University

The visit will place pressure on Australia to belatedly move ahead with its commitments under an anti-torture protocol.

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March 11, 2020

Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence

Melissa Willoughby, The University of Melbourne; Holly Tibble, University of Edinburgh; Matthew J. Spittal, The University of Melbourne; Rohan Borschmann, The University of Melbourne, and Stuart Kinner, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Women who are released from prison need much better, coordinated support to help their transition back into the community without exposing themselves to violence.

Prison represents only a temporary disruption in tobacco use for many smokers. TeodorLazarev

August 16, 2018

Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine‑infused tea leaves

Cheneal Puljević, The University of Queensland; Jason Ferris, The University of Queensland; Ross Coomber, University of Liverpool, and Stuart Kinner, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

The only quitting tool most Australian prisoners have access to is nicotine lozenges. These are being mixed with tea leaves to create a smokable product known as “teabacco”.

The NDIS is designed to provide personalised support to all Australians with a disability. from shutterstock.com

March 13, 2017

Prisoners are excluded from the NDIS – here’s why it matters

Jesse Young, The University of Melbourne and Stuart Kinner, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

By excluding prisoners from the NDIS, the federal government is discriminating against prisoners with a disability in direct contravention of our international human rights obligations.

Prisoners are released every day, but we don’t know how many. The lack of basic data is an obstacle to effective services that would minimise their risk of re-offending. AAP/Dean Lewins/Image digitally altered

April 26, 2015

Our $3b‑a‑year system is flying blind in supporting ex‑prisoners

Stuart Kinner, Griffith University

We simply don’t know how many prisoners are released each year, nor their demographic characteristics. As a result, we cannot tailor services that would reduce ex-prisoners’ risks of re-offending.

A report has found 34% of young people serving a community-based order and 66% in custody have a substance abuse problem. Image from shutterstock.com

December 10, 2013

Better health services needed to break cycle of juvenile offending

Aneeka Simonis, The Conversation

Improving health services in the juvenile justice system and the community could reduce the risk of youth offenders repeating anti-social behaviours, an Australian study has found. Published in the Journal…

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