The National Network are devastated to learn that yet another woman has died in custody in Tasmania.
‘We extend our deepest condolences to her family, loved ones, and community. We also hold in our hearts the women still imprisoned, those who must now grieve in confinement, surrounded by the same walls that took her life,’ said Debbie Kilroy.
‘This is not an isolated tragedy. Prisons are violent, death-making institutions, spaces that harm, dehumanise, and destroy,’ said Debbie Kilroy.
‘Every death in custody is a national shame, a reflection of a country that continues to pour resources into punishment instead of care, into cages instead of community. Every single life lost behind bars is one too many,’ said Debbie Kilroy.
‘The National Network call on governments at every level to confront the truth: prisons do not keep our communities safe. They are built on the ongoing dispossession, criminalisation, and control of the most marginalised, particularly Aboriginal women, poor women, and disabled women,’ said Tabitha Lean.
‘It is time to divest from prisons and policing and invest instead in life-affirming systems of care, healing, and justice,’ said Tabitha Lean.
‘We must build a society that values every person’s right to live free from state violence. Another woman should not have had to die for this message to be heard,’ said Tabitha Lean.
For further comment, please contact Debbie Kilroy on 0419 762 474 or Tabitha Lean on 0499 780 226
