Press Releases
The National Network writes media releases in response to current affairs and our members speak at events, protests, conferences, panels and appear in mainstream media.
Urgent release of all children currently being held in watch houses across Queensland
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls demands the urgent release of all children currently being held in watch houses across Queensland. The National Network expresses its full support for the forthcoming legal action initiated...
Victorian Government to abandon plan to implement Electronic Monitoring of Children
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls calls for the Victorian Government to abandon plan to implement Electronic Monitoring of Children As a National Network we are outraged at the recent announcement by the Victoriangovernment...
Australian Human Rights Commission’s Report on Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre
URGENT ACTION IN LIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S REPORT ON YONGAH HILL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE Today, the Australian Human Rights Commission released a damning report on the conditions at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Western...
Australian Government called out for failure to address torture and violence in prisons
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CALLED OUT FOR FAILURE TOADDRESS TORTURE AND VIOLENCE IN PRISONS The National Network condemn the Australian government for their failure to address the torture and violence within prisons and places of detention across the...
Immediate Closure of Don Dale Youth Prison
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Network) reissue their call for the immediate closure of Don Dale Youth Prison and the immediate safe release of children from the facility, amid the latest protest by children in...
Drawing a line in the sand, and speaking up for abolition of the prison industrial complex
Article by: Croakey Editor: Melissa Sweet Introduction by Croakey: The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls was established in 2020 to represent people who have been in prisons and to advocate for abolition of the prison...
It’s time to step off the treadmill of reform – Jailing is not failing
It's time to step off the treadmill of reform. JAILING IS NOT FAILING Off the back of the highly successful Sisters Inside Abolition Now conference, the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Network) would like to...
Condemnation of overcrowding, separation of families, and forced induction of labour in Darwin Correctional Centre
Condemnation of overcrowding, separation of families, and forced induction of labourin Darwin Correctional Centre The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls condemns the Northern Territory Government for denying women access to the...
Qld Government’s suspension of Human Rights Act to turn watch houses into prisons
URGENT CONDEMNATION: QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S SUSPENSION OF HUMAN RIGHTSACT TO TURN WATCH HOUSES INTO PRISONS The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls stands in condemnation and rage as the Queensland Government suspends the Human...
National Network calls for complete abolition of the carceral system
Thirty years ago the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody delivered its 339 recommendations, and three decades later the system they call justice is still killing Aboriginal people. The National Network of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and...