Working to support children and families of prisoners

Dr Sandy Sacre1,Ms Mel Conway1, 1Queensland Corrective Services, Brisbane, Australia From January 2012 until mid-August, 2018, Brisbane Women’s Correction Centre (BWCC) accommodated significantly more prisoners than its single cell capacity. While overcrowding in Queensland’s male and female secure correctional facilities...

Ms Rosalie Martin1, Mr Ian Thomas2 1Chatter Matters Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Tasmania Prison Service Excellent collaboration supports the well-being and development of the collaborating parties whilst simultaneously progressing mutual goals. Relational trust between collaborating organisations and their representatives is essential....

Ms Tess Bartlett1 1Monash University, Caulfield, Australia Previous work on prison masculinities have tended to focus on the ‘hyper-masculine’ prison environment and a prisoner’s ability to negotiate his place within the prison hierarchy. Yet masculinity is constructed in different ways,...

Dr Catherine Flynn1, Ms Tess Bartlett1 1Monash University Department Of Social Work, Caulfield East, Australia In 2017, Corrections Victoria reported the daily cost of keeping a person imprisoned was $304.12. This individual approach to ‘cost’ ignores that around 50% of...

Natalia Hanley1 Elena Marchetti2 1University Of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 2Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Dreaming Inside is a creative writing program delivered by the South Coast Writers Centre offered to Aboriginal men located in one New South Wales prison. A selection of the...