This study measures the rate of re-offending on parole in NSW, identifies the predictors of both general and violent offending on parole and describes the types of offences committed on […]

Aboriginal people are overrepresented throughout the NSW criminal justice system, making up 24 per cent of its adult prisoners, and 52 per cent of juvenile detainees, despite being just 2.9 […]

This project aims to identify whether there are patterns of offending and particular demographic characteristics that are linked to recidivism among the population of Indigenous males imprisoned for violent offences, […]

The rate of female imprisonment in Western Australia is increasing at more than twice the rate of male imprisonment, and 40% of the women are Aboriginal. The inspection of Bandyup […]

The physical facilities and service delivery models of the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women were explicitly designed around a women-centred approach to corrections. This inspection report finds that it has […]

This report of an unannounced inspection of Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison (WA), which is one of four “Aboriginal prisons” in Western Australia, finds the prison to be a distressing place, […]

The Mahi Tahi Trust works with prison inmates and their whanau (family), helping them to discover and recover traditional Maori principles, values and disciplines. The work is centred on four […]

An industry roundtable to identify research priorities in the areas of improving Aboriginal prisoner health and reducing recidivism was held by the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health in November […]

This chapter considers the issue of segregation in Australian prisons. It examines relevant legislation, policy and practices in state and territory correctional systems and evaluates them by reference to international […]