‘No support, no housing, no job’ – the vicious cycle pushing more women into prison
- Written by Hilde Tubex, Professor, The University of Western Australia
For too many women, prison is “as good as it gets”.
New research based on interviews with 80 female prisoners in Western Australia reveals most of these women were “criminalised” by circumstances outside their control before they became offenders.
They were victims of multiple forms of abuse, including family violence. The...
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