Books & arts
26 July 2023
A philosopher considers the case for abolishing prisons
Books & arts
26 September 2022
In Black Lives, White Law, Russell Marks points towards a more hopeful future
Essays & reportage
8 September 2020
While the new agreement opens up opportunities for Indigenous organisations, the federal government has stepped back from its post-1967 responsibilities
Essays & reportage
9 August 2019
Extract | How “micro-justice” is bringing real benefits to at-risk women and girls
Books & arts
20 January 2019
Books | Journalist Shane Bauer’s account of life as a warder is as authoritative as it is raw
Books & arts
1 November 2018
New York managed to stop the school-to-crime pipeline without increasing the imprisonment rate. Meanwhile, Australia is investing heavily in jail-building
National affairs
29 April 2018
Burgeoning numbers of untried prisoners are fuelling an unsustainable rise in Australia’s prison population. Only a shift in resources will bring the figure down
Books & arts
16 November 2017
Books | A former adviser to Tony Blair tackles conventional views of crime and its causes
Essays & reportage
11 March 2014
The number of people imprisoned in the United States has fallen every year for the past three years, yet the land of the free still has a far higher incarceration rate than any…
Essays & reportage
25 February 2014
It’s five years since Canberra’s innovative Alexander Maconochie Centre admitted its first group of prisoners. Peter Mares visited to see if the facility is…
