Interesting statement from the Premier given the previous bail reforms had been in place for last than a year and the state government is already reversing them, without “carefully evaluating” them.

In the week before Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan unveiled the "toughest bail laws in Australia', the Herald Sun ran 21 stories under the "Suburbs Under Siege" banner and launched its own petition. My story for @crikey_news: crikey.com.au/2025/03/17/vic…

After raking in $7.6bn over 15 years, Serco's reign over Australia's immigration detention network will soon be over. Across this time, the system has been transformed into one of the world's "most extreme and secretive". My story for @SatPaper: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…

One boy being held at Canberra's only youth prison has not been allowde to hug a family member for two years. The facility is the only in the country to have a blanket ban on any physical contact during visitations. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

The Victorian government is considering a trial of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation directly providing healthcare to First Nations people in prison, based on a similar trial in the ACT. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

My story in the latest issue of About Time, Australia's national prison newspaper, on how states and territories around the country are providing access to laptops and tablets in prisons, and the push for greater access to technology. abouttime.org.au/news-and-in…

The Victorian government has announced it will subsidise the cost of prison phone calls "in the short term", but is yet to reveal how much these calls will now cost and when this will come into effect. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

My story in the latest issue of About Time, Australia's national prison newspaper, on Queensland becoming the first state to make painkillers more accessible in prisons, and whether others will follow suit. abouttime.org.au/news-and-in…

The prison disciplinary process is extremely opaque, unjust and lacking in procedural fairness. And in Australia's two largest states there is no way to appeal or review these decisions, which can have huge ramifications. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

Refugees who have been in Australia since they were as young as 10 are being blocked from attending university and have been living in a limbo for more than a decade. My story for @SatPaper: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…

My story for the latest issue of About Time, Australia's national prison newspaper, on the exorbitant cost of prison phone calls and the impact it is having on incarcerated people and their friends and family. abouttime.org.au/news-and-in…

National Cabinet has been unable to reach a national agreement to raise the age of criminal responsibility across the country. Seems a 13 year old can be sent to prison but can't be trusted to use Facebook.

"We need help way earlier": A major report by the National Children’s Commissioner has shone a spotlight on how the criminal justice system is harming the country’s most vulnerable children. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

"I was never taken seriously" - there is a renewed push for painkillers such as panadol to be more freely available in Australian prisons and for the pain of people in prison to be taken more seriously. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…

The second issue of About Time, Australia's national prison newspaper, is now online. I wrote about the closure of Port Phillip Prison in Victoria and the move away from privately run prison across the country. abouttime.org.au/news-and-in…

The level of dental care provided in Australian prisons is so poor that many people are resorting to pulling their own teeth out. thejusticemap.substack.com/p…