by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joint Submission from Sisters Inside and the Institute for Collaborative Race Research on Discussion Paper 1 of the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce. (click on image to read full submission) How can you help? The Sisters Inside Fund for Children...
by admin | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Karla Grant speaks with Justice Reformer Debbie Kilroy about how she’s standing up for women behind bars, paying unpaid fines for prisoners, and why she thinks a world without prisons is possible. How can you help? The Sisters Inside Fund for Children supports...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Background In March 2021, the Queensland Government announced the establishment of the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce. They claimed it would be tasked with conducting “a wide-ranging review into the experience of women across the criminal justice system”i....
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Akashika Mohla has a yarn with Debbie Kilroy OAM, CEO & Founder of Internationally acclaimed Sisters Inside Inc . Debbie’s journey from another side of law & order to a Criminal lawyer & prisoner advocate to now a Barrister in progress, with a huge...
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside, was first incarcerated, she had not been convicted of any crime and was told it was “for her own good”. Australian female prisoners increased by 47 per cent between 2009 and 2019, and are often victims of crime themselves,...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
She is one of Australia’s leading advocates for protecting the human rights of women and children through decarceration – the process of moving away from using prisons in response to crime and social issues. Ms Kilroy holds a Bachelor of Laws (2007) and a Master of...
