The relationship between gendered violence and women’s criminalisation is well recognised, with male violence not only a direct funnel into Victoria’s male prisons, but its female prisons as well. In a criminal justice system designed to react to the extremities of this violence, however, women experience gendered justice as well. With diminishing sentencing options and a blunter justice response putting more women behind bars, the question then becomes would we need a women’s prison at all if we responded more appropriately to male violence?

This podcast is of a panel discussion celebrating International Woman’s Day the CIJ co-hosted with the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women. Panel included:

Elena Campbell, Facilitator

Ann Collins, Magistrate

Jill Prior, Principal Legal Officer, LACW

Dorothy, Advocate with lived experience

Cheryl, Advocate with lived experience

**Please accept our apologies, the audio quality of this recording is distorted in parts, but we felt the content of the panel made it worth making public.