Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t ...
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Prisons Don't Create Safer Communities, So Why Is Australia Spending Billions On Building Them?
At worst, it can result in a greater rate ... What is to be done? Prison expansion in Australia isn't inevitable. It's a product of bad policy choices. Other nations, such as the Netherlands ...
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Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
At worst, it can result in a greater rate ... for formerly imprisoned people are chronically underfunded. Prison expansion in Australia isn’t inevitable. It’s a product of bad policy choices.
This town in Australia used to be a penal colony
Learn all about Australia's penal colony history at the Unesco World Heritage Site-listed Port Arthur in Tasmania.
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The NT's prison crisis hits hard in Wadeye, as some try to make change
With the NT's imprisonment rates the worst in Australia, the figures make Wadeye ... The NT has been facing a prison population crisis, with jails packed to capacity, and plans for new prisons ...
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Australia's Billion-Dollar Prison Spending Questioned
At worst, it can result in a greater rate of recidivism ... support systems for formerly imprisoned people are chronically underfunded. Prison expansion in Australia isn't inevitable. It's a product ...