A week out from the October 26 Queensland election, the two major parties are doubling down on their racist law and order campaign, despite experts warning of social problems worsening without structural reform. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Queensland’s Annastacia Palaszczuk government has announced plans to build another children’s jail in Woodford, next door to the adult maximum-security facility. Paul Gregoire ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±¹¾±±ð·É²õÌýDebbie Kilroy from Sisters Inside.
Prisoner rights activists and lawyers are urging governments to follow the lead of other countries and quickly reduce the number of people in prison, reports Kerry Smith.
Prison rights campaigner Debbie Kilroy argues we need to abolish prisons, police and other systems of social control, and that the rising movement around Black Lives Matter–Stop Black Deaths in Custody offers a valuable opportunity to talk about the alternatives.
Critics are alarmed that the Queensland state government has announced plans to turn the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, run by notorious British company Serco, into a private women’s prison.