NT voters have a "dangerous lack of choices" this election, the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls says.

The Network said both Labor and the Country Liberal Party have presented campaign promises that are "not only retrograde but also pose serious dangers to our communities".

"What we see with these campaign promises are two political parties relying on outdated populist law and order and deficit carceral platforms that are essentially racist in their design," said advocate Debbie Kilroy.

"Both parties are desperately scrambling to grab power, when actually what it is really evident from these policy promises is that they have no real idea how to build safe and well communities."

The Network cited the CLP's promise to reintroduce spit hoods to watch houses and children's prisons is a "dangerous and regressive step".

"It is well-established that spit hoods are lethal—have we learned nothing from past tragedies?" Ms Kilroy said.

The Network identified Labor's promise to grant public housing safety officers the power to use capsicum spray and arrest "unwelcome visitors", transferring them to police custody as a risk.

"The deputisation of civil servants to use violence against citizens represents a dangerous escalation and an alarming encroachment of carceral practices into our communities, neighbourhoods, and homes," said Indigenous justice advocate Tabitha Lean.

"There are other ways to handle conflict in our community and arming public servants with weapons and turning them into cops is not the answer."

The Network also noted Labor's plan to further fund private security patrols to the tune of $1.4 million.

"The expansion of private policing into our communities raises significant concerns about accountability and safety, marking a troubling trend toward the privatisation of law enforcement," Ms Lean said.

The Network cited Labor and the CLP's pledge to build two new women's prisons in Darwin and Alice Springs, and urged a moratorium on new prison builds.

"The focus should be on reducing incarceration, not expanding it," Ms Kilroy said.

"Labor's commitment to allocate an additional $570 million to policing over the next five years, including funding for 200 new police officers, is an outrageous misuse of public funds… Imagine the positive impact that amount of money could have if invested in our communities—in public housing, hospitals, education, and social services."

Ms Kilroy said the CLP vow to grant police increased powers to fine, charge, and arrest people for drinking in public areas is "yet another example of punitive measures that disproportionately target vulnerable populations".

She said the CLP had an equally punitive approach to education policy, with plans for compulsory case conferences, fines, and in extreme cases, prosecution is "deeply troubling".

"This approach, which includes referring caregivers to Commonwealth income management and prosecution will disproportionately affect Aboriginal families, leading to increased criminalisation and involvement with the child theft system," she said.

Ms Lean said the Territory election campaign has seen "a disturbing love affair with prisons and policing" from the two major parties.

"These racially charged policies will inevitably result in more Aboriginal people being incarcerated, more families being torn apart, and more community members being disappeared into the prison system," she said.

"This election offers Territorians very little in the way of real choices. It is a 'law and order' election—an election with no real winners."

Those Territorians who have not voted early go to the polls on Saturday for election day.