1.3 Sisters Inside – Interstate (Australian) Submissions

Sisters Inside – Interstate (Australian) Submissions

Sisters Inside (2010) The Impact of Drug-Related Offending on Female Prison Numbers: Submission to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry, Sisters Inside, Brisbane (25 pages)

Includes detailed evidence (43 footnotes). Examines the causes of drug-related criminalisation and recidivism; access to drug-related treatment and programs; and the impact of human rights violations on women’s imprisonment rates. Proposes strategies in response including reducing the number of women in prison; addressing substance abuse in its social context; and improving drug-related support for women prisoners.

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Other Publications

Sisters Inside (1999) Our Values & Vision, Sisters Inside Inc., Brisbane (5 pages)

Sisters Inside (2019) Inclusive Support: A guide to our model of service for new Sisters Inside workers, Sisters Inside, Brisbane (10 pages)

Lucashenko, Melissa & Kilroy, Debbie (2005) A Black Woman and a Prison Cell: Working with Murri Women in Queensland Prisons, Sisters Inside, Brisbane (37 pages)

Sisters Inside (2019) Keeping It Real: Why criminalised women (and people from other severely disadvantaged groups) need a rights-based alternative to case management, Revised Edition, Sisters Inside, Brisbane. (26 pages)