Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
The New York Times reported this week that, “in a sweeping acknowledgment of the risks of the coronavirus in cramped prisons”, New Jersey would on Wednesday release more than 2,0... Read more
*** This post was updated on 4 October with Twitter analytics for the event *** Grave fears for the safety of children and other prisoners held in pandemic lockdown were raised during a publ... Read more
Marking today’s #JusticeCOVID Twitter festival, Associate Professor Megan Williams gives an overview of issues raised during the Croakey investigation of prisoner health and wellbeing... Read more
Stories from #JusticeCOVID, an e-publication compiling this series of Croakey articles, podcasts and associated artworks, will be launched at a Twitter festival from 11am AEST on Tuesday, 29... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Urgent action is needed to address the national emergency of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody, with five such deaths recorded since June, acco... Read more
Without transparent data and compliance to rights-based policy, people in prison are in danger of being the forgotten and discarded when it comes to COVID-19. The article below, by Dr Tess R... Read more
*** This story was updated on 27 August.*** Introduction by Croakey: The lockdown of Queensland prisons after a trainer at a Queensland Corrective Services academy tested positive for COVID-... Read more
*** This post was updated with further tweets on 28 July *** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health and medical, legal and human rights organisations have condemned state, territory,... Read more
Australia can learn much from the United States about what NOT to do when it comes to prisons and the pandemic, reports Dr Lesley Russell, a contributing editor at Croakey, and an Adjunct As... Read more
