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Homelessness, addiction, no family, turned right back to what got us here in the first place. I think this is a huge problem for especially young vulnerable women to have more support on release!
Being an older gay man myself, I have noticed a lot of younger guys in here are maybe a little confused about their sexuality.
Well, I’m writing this letter in relation to the housing crisis, which is a problem for many inmates trying to find a place to live.
I’m eligible for release mid-July if I can find a suitable address, and I’ve applied for a Crest public boarding house address, but they’ve advised me of a minimum 12-month wait time.
The lack of housing is creating a backlog for inmates who otherwise would be eligible for parole.
The condition, placed on Susan Neill Fraser, prevented her from speaking publicly or to the media about her claims of innocence.
People in prison will be paid as little as $1 per hour to work on the state’s roads to free up maintenance crews to fix Victoria’s potholes under a plan the state government will take to the upcoming election.
Including a man being unlawfully kept in prison for months after his release date in SA, the findings from the Capricornia Inspection in QLD, upcoming inspections in WA and more.
A standalone legal service is needed to address the “significant unmet needs” of people in prison, particularly women, trans and gender diverse people, according to a new report.
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A man was unlawfully kept in a South Australian prison for months after his release date due to a “systems error”, and was not told about this for five years, an Ombudsman investigation has found.
Nearly one in three people incarcerated in Queensland are eligible for parole but yet to be released, a new report has found.
Ideally, parole should enhance rehabilitation and reintegration. In the recent decade, however, rules restricting the granting of parole and a lack of housing options undermine these intended benefits.
“Parole approved pending housing.” This is by far the worst sentence I have heard in prison.
If parole was ever about rehabilitation, it’s not really the feeling I get now. It feels more like an exercise in assessing the risk to the community, not about reintegrating people.
In recent years, regressive reform of parole laws in many places has made it increasingly difficult for people in prison to access parole.
The way the NSW court system deals with bail hearings on weekdays has changed.
Not once did somebody ask me what I needed, what mattered to me, or what healing looked like from my perspective.
This is a very special Ask Stacey, as I finished parole! And the questions came from all sorts of different people in the justice system.
All states and territories offer bond loans or other forms of assistance to help cover the cost of a rental bond when you move into a new rental home.
