Decarceration
Australia
Australia's mass incarceration is a known failure - highly expensive yet highly ineffective in deterring people from crime or rehabilitating prisoners. In fact, prison has a negative impact on inmates, their families and their communities. Decarceration can deliver much better results.
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Indigenous and non-Indigenous prison populations in each Australian State and Territory
Indigenous and non-Indigenous death in custody, with data for each Australian State and Territory
Part of an investigation into the relationship between prisoner health and deaths in custody.
Alarming figures for Indigenous imprisonment. The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners is widening
General statistics to lay the groundwork
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This blog is dedicated to decarceration in Australia. Our incarceration rate is high, yet imprisonment is costly, ineffective and damaging.
There are better alternatives!
