Monday, April 22, 2019

Australia: Criminalising Women



Investigating why more Australian women are behind bars than ever before and the challenges they face once released.


In the last decade, the female prison population has soared by more than 75 percent.
Filmed over three months, this episode of 101 East investigates why so many women are going to jail in Australia and meets two women who know exactly what it is like inside.
Bekki has been to prison five times - for break and enter, driving while disqualified, driving under the influence of ice and escaping police custody.
She has just been released after serving a six-month jail sentence.






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