CRC in the Media

2023

Jailbreak on Canberra Airwaves for ACT prisoners

Canberra Weekly

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Songbirds: Rehabilitation and music behind bars

ABC

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2022

Giving ex-prisoners public housing cuts crime and re-incarceration – and saves money

The Conversation

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Inside a women’s prison: ‘I’ve seen things no human should ever have to see’

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Creativity of Inmates: An Interview With Paper Chained Magazine Editor Damien Linnane

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

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From jailhouse blues to The Voice: The program helping prisoners make music

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Unintended, but not unanticipated: coercive control laws will disadvantage First Nations women

The Conversation

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2021

We know how to keep people out of prison. Where is the political will and investment?

Croakey Health Media

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Prison Rehabilitation: How Bianca broke away from drug addiction and a cycle of imprisonment

The Sydney Morning Herald – Fergus Hunter

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Change Agents: Kate Pinnock

SBS News – News In Depth

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Ballads Behind Bars: How Music is Used as Therapy in Some Australian Prisons

Rolling Stone Australia – Jo Stewart

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2020

Vicious cycle for prisoners who are homeless on release needs urgent action

The Guardian – Dr Mindy Sotiri and Dr Ruth McCausland

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Coronavirus triggers drop in prisoner numbers and an opportunity to reinvent the criminal justice system, lawyers say

ABC News – Hayley Gleeson

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Coronavirus rules might feel like house arrest, but these ex-inmates say it’s a world away from life in prison

ABC Radio National – Siobhan Hegarty for The Religion and Ethics Report

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‘Lockdown’ in prison cells

By Andrew West on The Religion and Ethics Report

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Call to release ‘at risk’ NSW prisoners

Canberra Times – Greta Stonehouse and Tiffanie Turnbull

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Prisoners riot at Cessnock jail, lock themselves in rooms, reportedly light fires

Namoi Valley Independent – Nick Bielby and Ian Kirkwood

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Songbirds: Bringing music and storytelling to NSW prisons

On Mornings with Kia Handley

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Interview with Murray Cook and Bow Campbell, plus Songbirds 2 tracks

2SER Dirt Music with Stuart Coupe

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Songbirds 2 preview and interview with Murray Cook

Sandy Kaye: A Breath of Fresh Air

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Songs from behind bars, and a masterclass on the Iranian tar

The Music Show with Andrew Ford

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Worry over social distancing in NSW jails

Blue Mountains Gazette – Greta Stonehouse

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What are the chances of reform to the prison system in the wake of COVID-19? CroakeyVOICES investigates

Croakey

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‘Urgent action’ needed over high proportion of Indigenous women in prison, report says

ABC News – Philippa McDonald

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How are prisoners and their families coping with the pandemic threat? Listen to CroakeyVOICES

Croakey

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2019

Radio on The Inside

Law Report – ABC Radio

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Broken Hill Indigenous prisoners find a voice, cultural connection through Songbird music and arts

ABC Broken Hill – Aimee Volkofsky

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Songwriting On The Inside: Songbirds’ Prison Workshops

Music Australia – Graham Strahle

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2018

SpeakEasy with Kate Pinnock

UNSW SpeakEasy Podcast

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How can we put a stop to the revolving door between homelessness and imprisonment

The Conversation – Sophie Russell

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Drug rehabilitation services needed in outback NSW, inquiry told

ABC Broken Hill – Angela Bates

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Proposed mega-jail backed by prisoners’ families who want to be closer to their loved ones

ABC Illawarra – Gavin Coote

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Interview with Mindy Sotiri Program Director, Advocacy, Research & Policy, Community Restorative Centre, NSW on the challenges and potential strategies to help people in regional NSW

Law Report with Damien Carrick

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Call for complete rethink as prison population, recidivism explode

The Sydney Morning Herald – Rachel Olding

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NSW Coalition’s public housing ban for drug dealers would hit innocent, experts warn

The Guardian – Christopher Knaus

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Historic Railway Hotel gets a retro refit and helps people get back on their feet

ABC Mid North Coast – Gabrielle Lyons

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2017

Post-Release Reintegration Pathways: An Interview with CRC’s Dr Mindy Sotiri

Sydney Criminal Lawyers – Paul Gregoire

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Why it’s so hard to start a new life after prison

SBS – Nicola Heath

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Program combats crime, inspires

Barrier Daily Truth – Andrew Robertson

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2016

Life after prison: one man’s story

The Sydney Morning Herald – Tim Elliott

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The importance of rehabilitation for prisoners

ABC, The Drum

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2015

The failure of law and order

Griffith Review – Ann Arnold

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Indigenous people with mental health issues ‘on a train’ to jail: UNSW study

Lateline – John Stewart and Brigid Andersen

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Report reveals thousands of Indigenous people with mental health issues are being ‘warehoused’ in jails

ABC, Lateline

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Recidivism: How can we stop prison’s revolving door?

SBS, The Feed

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2014

Discontent builds over NSW bail reform

City Hub – Christopher Harris

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Prisoner support services face the chop as agencies prepare for funding cuts

The Sydney Morning Herald – Rachel Browne

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Back to prison

Background Briefing By Ann Arnold

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To prevent reoffending, how about giving former prisoners support?

The Guardian – Julie Edwards

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2013

Out on parole

The Monthly – Kate Rossmanith

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Charities ‘wind down’ amid funding uncertainty

ABC News – Margaret Paul

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2012

Indefinite detention and mental impairment in NT

Law Report By Anita Barraud

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Big Dave: Beats and Bars

Radio National

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