A leading justice reform group is calling for a rethink on law and order, saying the actions of violent men have led to legislative changes that are contributing to women being locked up at an alarming rate.
The latest Corrections Victoria figures show a record 44 per cent of the 7274 inmates overall were unsentenced and for the second month in a row in May, there were more women on remand than have been sentenced., are driving exponential growth in prison numbers overall. Centre for Innovative Justice associate director Elena Campbell said focusing on women was a chance to implement change and measure its impacts, so lessons could be applied more broadly.“The community rightly expects to feel safe from this type of offending, but would not expect that the impacts of reform would be carried disproportionately by women, especially when women generally commit low-level offences and are often victims of male violence themselves.
“My needs were safety from men, accommodation of my own, counselling and help to become part of whatever community,” she said. Former chief magistrate and state coroner Ian Gray says the new bail laws create the risk of injustice, particularly for low-level offenders.Mr Gray said the tests for bail are logical, but were capturing far too many lower-level offenders.
TammyMills1 So, a woman commits a crime worthy of gaol & somehow it is a man's fault she is gaoled & only men should be gaoled. If you like birds for company, buy a real one not a cuckoo clock.
TammyMills1 Maybe there are more female lawbreakers than we are conditioned to think of. Not all females are Snow White.
TammyMills1 Is anybody surprised?
TammyMills1 So in this new world of 'equality', we need to have different laws for men and women? One can only assume men are also caught up in the same situation but we must feel pity for women ? As my grandmother used to say 'be careful what you wish for' ...
TammyMills1 Haha oh so men's fault that women commit crime now? 🤣🤣🤣🤣