We need to talk about this. I know we're all a little election'd out, but we can't - and shouldn't - look away from this. For months, the Member for Aston and our mate, Mary Doyle was targeted with some really nasty, disgraceful signs. #auspol 1/9

I love how they can’t even staff the courts due to lack of budget. And they just throw three quarters of a billion at incarcerating people instead of having sensible policies.

Child sexual exploitation happens far too often. Everyone has a role to play in keeping children safe in our communities, and we need to see responses from governments commensurate to the profound harm caused to children: abc.net.au/news/2025-05-1…

#NT kids with chronic #MentalHealth issues are spending up to 23 hours a day in a cell, amid short staffing in the children's prison. A 15y/o told her lawyer 'I’m going to kill myself so you mob can be happy, so that the judge can be happy'. The NT News 👉 ntnews.com.au/truecrimeaustr…

When asked what changes should be made to improve the #prison system, the majority of people polled thought making prisons harsher. The messages of prison reform charities are unheard. When will prison reformers lear how to communicate with ordinary people?

Harri Jokinen: Father of two killed after ‘excessively risky’ NSW police car chase smh.com.au/national/nsw/f…

Oh look it's that thing that apparently never happens, boyish or masc women being targeted when they try to use a women's toilet.... lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/lesbia…

Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the entire world, and an audit just found that its local jails refuse to give women sufficient access to essentials, like showers, toothbrushes, and feminine hygiene products. Beyond shameful. wwno.org/law/2025-05-19…

I had a wonderful visit with The Criminology Academy this morning. Thank you so much, Jose Sanchez & Jenn Tostlebe -- I knew it was going to be a great interview when Jose greeted me in a Minnesota Twins hat.

“bail changes are not about safety. They are political theatre — symbolic measures designed to appease fear, project toughness, and create an illusion of control.” New article by Debbie Kilroy #FreeHer and myself in Crikey You can read it here: crikey.com.au/2025/05/23/tou…

Australia’s punitive youth bail laws aren’t the solution — they’re the crisis. They trample children’s rights and abandon the presumption of innocence. By Disposable Human & I published by Crikey crikey.com.au/2025/05/23/tou…

No, I’m not ashamed of experiencing homelessness. I’m a proud self-made, mighty woman. I’m not ashamed of having survived horrific child sexual abuse & out-of-home care. Society, especially privileged folk, should be ashamed that homelessness happens in a country like Australia.

New in Nordic Journal of Criminology💫 Study explores links between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and juvenile violent victimization. Important findings on how early-life adversity shapes youth vulnerability scup.com/doi/10.18261/n…

Right now, 665,000 people are in jail across the US. Most of them are legally innocent – and many are stuck languishing there because they cannot afford bail. prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie202…

Today I learned that there are online masters programs in counseling. Which means that people can become therapists without ever having seen a patient in real life. 🤦‍♂️

How depressing that we have a moralising idiot with no idea about drug use as the Police Minister in NSW. Peter FitzSimons interview with NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley on drugs, strip searches and age of criminal responsibility smh.com.au/national/nsw/j…

Police minister Catley and the Minns government would rather have police searching and locking up 10 year olds than fund proper responses to mental health issues. Cauchi’s mass murders put harsh spotlight on failings of mental health and police systems | theguardian.com/australia-news…

See the issue with flip flopping laws is that it creates inconsistency in prisoners numbers. A focus on building new prisons and being “harsher” diverts funding away from what we actually need. We need justice reinvestment and prevention methods to avoid prison, but once they are

‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll | Deaths in custody | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

People have asked for our take on this article that suggests the U.S. prison population could drop by 60% over the coming years. Here it is: The math checks out. But the assumptions about the future depend on the choices policymakers make today. 🧵 theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…