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'We have been here before': Sisters Inside opposes Queensland Government's plan to reintroduce public drunkenness laws
Advocacy group Sisters Inside has condemned the Queensland Government's proposal...
Joseph Guenzler 31 Dec 2025
"This does not protect children; it violates their fundamental rights" - Sisters Inside condemns Queensland Bill
Sisters Inside has strongly opposed the Queensland government's "Making Queensla...
Joseph Guenzler 3 Dec 2024
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LNP plan to send "wayward" youth to camps criticised as power "overreach"
Youth advocates have criticised a $50 million election pledge by the Queensland...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Oct 2024
Tasmanian government urged to address conditions in state's prison after scathing report
The Tasmanian government must take urgent action to address the overuse of rolli...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jul 2024
Fears grow for Indigenous man on hunger strike in prison
Justice advocates have urgently called on the South Australian Department for Co...
Giovanni Torre 22 Jul 2024
“Self-determined solutions,” not prisons, needed to fix incarceration crisis

Politicians from across the political divide have heard about the hurdles and difficulties facing women in prison across Australia, with one speaker noting the prison industrial complex often targets...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 27, 2024
Investment in South Australian prisons heavily criticised by restorative justice groups

The announcement of funding for an extra 350 beds across two prisons in South Australia has been criticised, with opponents arguing the investment will do nothing to reduce crime and should be diverte...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 3, 2024
Women prisoners refusing medical treatment and family visits to avoid strip searches - new report

A Queensland Human Rights Commission report found women in prisons are not seeking medical treatment or having family visit in order to avoid "traumatic" and "completely ineffective" strip searches.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 20, 2023
Over 180 organisations condemn Queensland government's latest breach of Human Rights Act

More than 180 human rights, Indigenous and legal groups have written an open letter to the Queensland government, condemning their decision to allow children to be housed in adult watch houses.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2023
"Our country's shame" Debbie Kilroy firmly criticises Australia's mass incarceration of children

Debbie Kilroy, a human rights lawyer, and renowned activist and member of Sisters Inside continues to criticise Australia's excessive focus on punishment and exclusion, labeling it as an attachment to...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 22, 2023
Sisters Inside urge Cairns Regional Council to reject Palaszczuk's prison plan and invest in community-led solutions

Justice organisation Sisters Inside will be speaking to the Cairns Regional Council Wednesday, 19 April, encouraging it to support community-led solutions to ensure the safety of Cairns' children, rat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 19, 2023
Human rights advocates sound alarm as Queensland passes "dangerous" youth justice changes

The Queensland government's controversial youth crime laws which passed the state's parliament last week have been criticised by legal and human rights groups as "disappointing" and "dangerous".

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Dechlan Brennan Mar 20, 2023
Advocates: we must "Get Smarter Not Tougher'' on youth crime in Queensland

Sisters Inside ambassadors Debbie Kilroy, Ruby Wharton and Neta-Rie Mabo say the factors driving youth crime in Queensland are preventable and urged the Palaszczuk government to listen to their End To...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 2, 2023
Indigenous woman who died in custody suffered migraines for weeks before "medical episode"

An Indigenous woman who died in custody on Christmas Eve, three days after collapsing at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison, suffered severe migraines for weeks before she was taken to hospital, her partner...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 4, 2023
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