At best, prison work programs increase the chances of successful reintegration after release. At worst, they can be exploitative.
Articles on Indigenous incarceration
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Since 2019, a number of workshops have been held in the Darwin Correctional Precinct, as part of an ongoing prison education project.
Every state and territory must have these programs, but as was recently revealed in New South Wales, they’re often ineffective. There are better ways.
More First Nations people have died in custody in the past year than in any since 1980. It’s the inevitable result of policies that flout evidence of what would help.
A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.
State governments across the country have brought in harsher laws to deal with youth crime in recent years. But do the stats justify the punitive measures?
Since the Voice, policies to improve the lives of First Nations people haven’t gotten much traction. What are the major parties promising this election?
The use of prison labour in fighting wildfires caused by climate injustice is only an extension of this injustice and a continuation of indentured servitude.
Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has handed down a damning report into an unlawful policing strategy. It’s the latest example of First Nations children being over-policed.
Indigenous people shouldn’t have to fear police who are supposed to protect them but instead still act as judge, jury and executioner.
What does ‘justice reinvestment’ mean in practice? Who makes funding decisions? To find out more, we consulted Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mount Druitt.
We wanted to quantify what social factors increase a person’s chance of ending up in prison, and to use that to improve policy and reduce the harms and costs of incarceration.
First Nations children are 20 times more likely to be incarcerated. Governments need to consider raising the age of incarceration and pursuing culturally-led care for these children.
The High Court has thwarted a potential defence for the NT constable accused of shooting and killing Kumunjayi Walker in 2019 – that he was acting in ‘good faith’ as an officer at the time.
Incarceration Nation has the potential to shake the very core of your understanding of what it means to be Blak on this continent.
Opportunities to give voice to Aboriginal people in prison have the potential to address the growing impacts of racism in the justice system in Australia.
Prominent cases continue to draw attention to the wrongful imprisonment of First Nations women.
The Closing the Gap dashboard includes data on the 17 socioeconomic targets in the national agreement. But this information isn’t enough on its own to bring real change.
Coronavirus infections in prisons are a public health problem for everyone, not just prisoners and sfaff.
Top contributors
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Executive Director, The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Senior Researcher, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Social Research and Policy, UNSW
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PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Dean, Medical School, Curtin University