Do mothers need better support in prison?
CIJ's Elena Campbell speaks on ABC - Melbourne's The Conversation Hour about the impacts of incarcerating women who have children.
The Conversation Hour – ABC Radio Melbourne, 28 August 2023
Hosts: Richelle Hunt and Daniel Miles
The number of women going to prison is rising. More than half of the women in Australian prisons have at least one dependent child, and around 10 per cent of all female prisoners are pregnant behind bars. Experts are concerned there’s not enough being done to support new mothers in Australia’s prison system and believe that more needs to be done to help both mother and child.
In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team ask are we failing mothers in prison?