Baird Announces New Private Prisons As Jail Population Explodes
Submitted by nader on Fri, 19/06/2015 - 1:28am
The exclusive article in todays Telegraph exposing budget plans to build new prisons shows the government has lost its way.
Internationally prisons are being closed due to the immense costs and damage of isolating people rather than solving the social problems.
Aboriginal youth are now half of all juvenile prisoners.
Trying to look tough and ignoring the failure is a dreadful crime against our community” said Justice Action Coordinator Brett Collins.