Women and Prisons

ACT Women and Prisons: Invisible Bars – The Stories behind the Stats (2009)

This paper presents the stories of ACT women with a variety of lived prison experiences and information from ACT women’s service providers who regularly support women with lived experience of prison and institutionalisation. The information gathered provides significant insight into the impact that imprisonment and institutionalisation have had on these women’s lives. The Women’s Centre for Health Matters (WCHM) and the ACT Women And Prisons Group (WAP) hope that this information will assist counsellors, social workers, case managers and other professionals who support women with lived prison experience to better meet their needs.

ACT Women and Prisons: Invisible Bars – The Stories behind the Stats (PDF Format) (727 KB)

ACT Women and Prisons: Invisible Bars – The Stories behind the Stats (RTF Format) (469 KB)

Forgotten Australians

The experiences of Women Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers - A Literature Review

This literature review was written as part of a research project by WCHM into the health and wellbeing experiences and needs of women Forgotten Australians in the ACT. It has been published to coincide with the second Anniversary of the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians.

The experiences of Women Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers - A literature Review (491 KB)

The experiences of Women Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers - A literature Review (2528 KB)