The Adelaide Remand Centre furore has reignited Australia’s private prison debate. Are they managed as well as state-run services?
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It’s estimated half the men in Australian prisons are fathers. One way for them to stay in touch with their children is through ‘video visits’.
When we arrest adults, we are often arresting parents. But protections for children are haphazard and kids are falling through the cracks.
Sentencing policy is a mixed bag of approaches: punishment, deterrence, protection and rehabilitation. The system will remain costly and ineffective until punitive instincts give way to a more rational approach.
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Academic Director/ Clinical Ethicist, Children’s Bioethics Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and Associate Professor in Health Ethics at the Centre for Health and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Health Services Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Research Theme Fellow Education and Work, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer Criminology, Justice & Social Policy, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Child & Family Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University