by sisters | Dec 11, 2024 | Press Release
The Minister for Health has released the Nous Group’s National Review of First Nations Health Care in Prisons: Final Report and the Health Ministers’ joint response to the review. ‘As a National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, we...
by sisters | Dec 11, 2024 | Press Release
In April and May 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a series of inspections, interviews, and consultations to monitor the human rights of women detained in onshore immigration detention centres. These inspections covered the Broadmeadows...
by sisters | Dec 11, 2024 | Press Release
In a bid to justify his government’s draconian reforms to children’s crime laws, Premier David Crisafulli has released police data purporting to reveal a “youth crime crisis” gripping Queensland. ‘The reality is starkly different: there is no youth crime crisis, and...
by sisters | Dec 2, 2024 | Press Release
Federal Government Passes Extreme Migration Bills, Stripping Refugees and Asylum Seekers of Basic Human Rights In an alarming move last night, the Federal Government pushed through three migration Bills that represent some of the most extreme and regressive...
by sisters | Dec 1, 2024 | Press Release
Today, representatives from Sisters Inside attended the public hearing of the Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee, which is conducting consultations on the “Making QueenslandSafer”Bill. ‘As an organisation that has worked with criminalised...
by sisters | Nov 28, 2024 | Press Release
Sisters Inside and the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls unequivocally condemn the Queensland Government’s decision to push through the Adult Crime, Adult Time legislation. ‘This law represents a shameful erosion of children’s...