Rachael Hambleton, whose father spent time in prison while she was growing up, said dedicated support for young people going through a similar experience was needed. "There are lots of not-for-profits that are trying to gap-fill services that don't really exist," she said. Ms Hambleton also said it was important to consider the greater issues...

This morning Parliament of Victoria‘s Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Issues Committee delivered 69 findings and 29 recommendations in its landmark report on the impact of parental incarceration on children. Our Rachael Hambleton asked the Victorian government to dare to dream bigger. "We know that incarceration increases recidivism, while many evidence based holistic approaches that...

I’m often told that crime is ostensibly contagious. Statistically hereditary. I’ve been waiting for this seemingly unavoidable rite of passage to catch up with me.

The Victorian Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Issues Committee is examining the policies and services available for children affected by parental incarceration.

Our Rachael Hambleton and Anya Saravanan spoke to Meg Tait and Rosie Heselev for the Done By Law program on 3CR Community Radio. They discussed our work, the recent findings from the Parliamentary Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System, and some of the work that needs to be done to imagine a world beyond prisons...

Rachael Hambleton says "being affected by parental incarceration will differ for everybody depending on whether or not it was one or both of their parents, if they were your primary caregiver, the length of their sentence, the nature of their sentence and the publicity that might have surrounded that sentence."

We appeared at the Parliament of Victoria‘s Inquiry hearing into Victoria's Criminal Justice System this afternoon. Thank you Fiona Patten MP, Kaushaliya Vaghela MP and Tania Maxwell for inviting us to share our research. Our team members Melanie Poole, Denham Sadler, Anna Cerreto, Rachael Hambleton and Anya Saravanan shared The Justice Map’s ideas and recommendations...

When we write about the people in the criminal legal system we write about ourselves, our families and our friends. We also write about the people in our yarning circles who trusted us with their stories. It is important that we hold people accountable when they have caused harm to others. But we resist dehumanising...

Last month, the public feelings on the cashless debit card were made clear, as Australia put pressure on their MPs to block the proposed Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020, which initially pushed to make the trial permanent.

Authorities will be given the ability to take over the online accounts of Australians and hack into networks to change or delete data for alleged crimes that carry jail time of three years or more, under legislation introduced to Parliament on Thursday.