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This is a problem for everyone. Research shows mental health intervention and engagement helps reduce offending among people with serious mental illness who commit offences.
The UK imprisons more people than most of its western European neighbours and the conditions in its prisons are getting worse.
In the mid-20th century, civil servants in Ireland recognised the harms incarceration wreaks not just on individuals but their families and society at large.
Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t so different from today’s.
Only 218 programs offer credit-bearing college programs in prison. That’s about to change.
This new play by Suzie Miller, the one-time lawyer who wrote Prima Facie, ventures into dark places few want to confront.
For Mother’s Day, we look at the fastest growing prison population in Canada — racialized women, many of whom are mothers. Experts connect the trend to rising poverty and the attempts to cope with it.
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.
With the expansion of Second Chance Pell grants, more colleges and universities will soon offer degree programs to students in prison.
Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
Those determining bail must reflect on their own beliefs and show restraint as they determine risk to avoid relying on false racist narratives. So should those calling for bail reform.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.
To protect communities, we must improve the likelihood that accused people can comply with their bail conditions by offering greater support on several fronts, from social services to law enforcement.
Migrants and refugee claimants in immigration detention continue to face serious trauma and abuse. The federal government must take action to stop migrant detentions.
Russell Marks’ Black Lives, White Law is not about solutions; it’s about identifying the problems with Australia’s criminal legal system, and the injustice it does to First Nations people.
Australia has been accused of “a clear breach” of its obligations under the United Nations anti-torture protocol.
The author of a book collecting the experiences of college professors who teach in prisons explains how they are changed by the experience.
Every day, tens of thousands of American prisoners are locked up in solitary confinement. This is how that looks for those behind bars, and those guarding them.
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Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Dean, Perimeter College & Professor, Social Work, Georgia State University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer for Nursing and Director, Project Healthy Grandparents, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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University Distinguished Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
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Associate Professor in Law, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, School of Law and Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
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