Since 2019, a number of workshops have been held in the Darwin Correctional Precinct, as part of an ongoing prison education project.
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The Adelaide Remand Centre furore has reignited Australia’s private prison debate. Are they managed as well as state-run services?
Russell Marks’ Black Lives, White Law is not about solutions; it’s about identifying the problems with Australia’s criminal legal system, and the injustice it does to First Nations people.
Australia has been accused of “a clear breach” of its obligations under the United Nations anti-torture protocol.
The visit will place pressure on Australia to belatedly move ahead with its commitments under an anti-torture protocol.
Despite the disproportionate numbers of Aboriginal people in prisons, there are near to no cultural protocols in place, and chronic illness is often not addressed.
The largest increases in Australia’s prison numbers have been in remand, Indigenous and women prisoners.
The days of prison, an 18th-century industrial institution, as the justice system’s dominant form of punishment may be numbered. Electronic monitoring of offenders is one promising alternative.
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Victoria University
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Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Indigenous Knowlegde, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Lindsay A. Pearce is a Friend of The Conversation.
Research Associate, Curtin University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Head, Justice Health Group, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University