Prisons

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Prison Mail is Not State Property

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 26, September, 2026

Queensland wants to expand its power to scan legally...

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How Many More ‘Rogue Officers’ Before We Admit It’s The System?

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 4, August, 2026

Stop calling them bad apples. Start looking at the...

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The PSA Union Can’t Have It Both Ways on Prison Labour

Tabitha Lean, Samantha Burns & Dan Vansetten 23, July, 2026

This week, the Public Service Association of South Australia...

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Australia Wants to End Modern Slavery. Unless It Happens in Prison

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 16, July, 2026

This week the Albanese Government announced plans to strengthen...

Panels Full of Experts Who Don’t Go Inside: When Tokenism Serves the Need for Validation and Self-Promotion

Tabitha Lean 22, March, 2026

Warning for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island readers, this...

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You Can’t Sell “Jailing is Failing” While Locking People Up

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 23, February, 2026

There is something breathtaking about the audacity of it....

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When “Victim-Centred” Becomes a Licence to Bypass the Law

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 22, February, 2026

There continues to be a dangerous shift underway in...

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Riots v Resistance in Our Prisons

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 22, January, 2026

When we talk about prison “riots” in Australia, we’re...

There Is Nothing “Non-Suspicious” About Dying in Custody

Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten 14, January, 2026

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that...