This episode features three guests from RMIT's Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) who are passionate advocates for women's decarceration and building a more gender-responsive criminal justice system. ‘Leaving custody behind:  Foundations for safer communities & gender-informed criminal justice systems' is CIJs recently published paper that highlights the rising rates of women’s incarceration in Victoria and brings together the vast range of literature pertaining to women in the justice system, highlighting opportunities for reform to build foundations for an alternative trajectory. Lead author Catherine Caruana is joined by Elena Campbell, CIJs Associate Director for Research, Advocacy and Policy and Dorothy Armstrong the CIJ Lived Experience Advisor and Peer Support Worker to provide an overview of the paper and unpack some of the main themes and opportunities for reform.