by sisters | Apr 29, 2025 | Blog Post
Lately, you can’t scroll through social media without seeing it: a big, well-funded advocacy organisation posting a fluffy profile of someone who “works with” criminalised people. These posts always follow the same tired formula: a blurb about what...
by sisters | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog Post
It is ironic that we are gearing up for another federal election while thousands of people in this country remain disenfranchised. In Australia—the so-called lucky country—not everyone has the right to vote. Not everyone gets to have a say in the policies that shape...
by sisters | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog Post
When you go to prison, you don’t just lose your freedom—you lose your ability to dream. The loss of agency isn’t confined to what you wear, eat, or when you’re allowed to sleep. It’s the erosion of your right to imagine a future, to aspire, to pursue a life you choose...
by sisters | Apr 15, 2025 | Blog Post
In the fight to dismantle the prison industrial complex (PIC), those of us who have lived the reality of incarceration hold a unique and indispensable perspective. Yet, the systems we seek to abolish are masters of division, ensuring that we remain fractured,...
by sisters | Jan 4, 2025 | Blog Post
It is often said that once you ‘do the crime and do the time,’ you are free to move on with your life. But for those of us who have been dragged through the cruel criminal punishment system, freedom is nothing but an illusion. The punishment simply does not end at the...
