by sisters | Jun 2, 2025 | Press Release
The NSW Government’s latest budget announcement reveals what we’ve seen time and time again: a tired and harmful commitment to expanding the carceral state. ‘This so-called “justice system package” pours over $500 million into courts, cops and cages—a move...
by sisters | Jun 2, 2025 | Press Release
The National Network are heartbroken to learn of the death of Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, a 32-year-old mother who died in custody at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre while on remand. ‘We extend our deepest condolences to her loved ones and our hearts break for her...
by sisters | Jun 2, 2025 | Press Release
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is sounding the alarm following harrowing revelations from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Victoria. ‘These are not signs of a system “in crisis”—this is a prison system collapsing...
by sisters | Jun 1, 2025 | Press Release
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls condemns in the strongest possible terms the comments made by NSW Minister for Police, Yasmin Catley, in her recent interview with Peter FitzSimons in the Sun Herald. When asked whether she...
by sisters | May 30, 2025 | Press Release
The National Network continue to stand with the Yuendumu community. We stand beside you in rage and heartbreak. The tragedy in Mparntwe this week is yet another reminder of the deadly consequences of policing in so-called Australia. We send our deepest condolences and...
