The rise of a punitive “law and order” culture in Australia has had a profoundly racial dimension, manifested in soaring rates of indigenous incarceration. Inga Ting continues her special report.
Prisoners
Aboriginal crime and punishment: incarceration rates rise under neoliberalism
The number of indigenous prisoners has increased for the 11th year in a row, despite the prisoner population falling for the first time in a decade. Inga Ting reports a history of failed government policy.
Deaths in custody: sweeping changes, but coroners critical of inquiry
Serious questions about the integrity, accountability and independence of death in custody investigations are still being raised by NSW coroners, despite sweeping changes following a Royal Commission, writes Inga Ting.
Deaths in custody: families blocked from warning corrections staff
The troubled relationship between custodial authorities and prisoners’ families has continued to draw criticism at deaths in custody inquests, with numerous coroners finding deaths may have been avoided if family members assisted in care. Inga Ting continues her Crikey investigation.
Deaths in custody: in safe, monitored rooms prisoners still hang
The deaths of prisoners in cells specifically designed to prevent self harm raises doubts about supervision and monitoring practices in NSW prisons, reports Inga Ting.
Deaths in custody: seven tragedies, seven cases of negligence
The tragic 2007 death of mentally ill prisoner Adam Douglas Shipley is just one of seven deaths linked through a chain of negligence, bureaucratic bungling and failed policies. Inga Ting continues her special investigation for Crikey.
Mental health behind bars (part two): why women prisoners are set up to fail
Incidents of mental illness in our prison system are disproportionately high — particularly among female inmates. In part two of a special report into the NSW female prison population, Inga Ting examines how they find themselves behind bars and why they are disadvantaged while they are there…
Mental health behind bars: why women prisoners are set up to fail
Incidents of mental illness in our prison system are disproportionately high — particularly among female inmates. In part one of a special report into the NSW female prison population, Inga Ting examines how they find themselves behind bars and why they are disadvantaged while they are there.
Mental health in our jails: inmates, bureaucrats question treatment
Nearly half of all inmates in NSW have a mental illness, but decisions about their care are left in the hands of prison guards with little or no training in mental health. Freelance journalist Inga Ting goes inside to talk to prisoners and staff.
Is prison rape “too expensive” to stop?
Make all the “don’t drop the soap!” jokes you want, Amanda Hess talks to US prison rape victims and nobody is laughing. New standards have been released showing how prison rape can be prevented, so why do prisons think it’s too expensive to bother?
Essay: Zimbabwe’s prisons are death traps
Zimbabwe's prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe's jails, writes the Sokwanele newletter from Harare.
GEO joins NSW privatised jail race
John Robertson is following in the former Treasurer’s footsteps by implementing the private management of jails in flagrant opposition to NSW Labor Party policy, writes Alex Mitchell.
Is immigration detention worse than prison?
Another remarkable development yesterday in the sad case of Dr Mohamed Haneef, when his legal advisers opted not to post bail. The obvious conclusion is that immigration detention is regarded as worse than prison, writes Charles Richardson.
