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PRISON REFORM 16/9/24
The critically acclaimed novelist ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky who is recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time said
“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.”
In 2024
There were about 40,600 people in Australia's prisons. Just over 9 in 10 (93%) people in prison were male. About 1 in 3 (32%) people in prison were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people (ABS
The recidivism rate for a 2 year period in Australia is approx 51.7%
The number approaches 80% for juveniles .
A Productivity Commission report places the increasing taxpayer costs of incarceration at an average of $367 per prisoner per day, with Australia’s prison system costing upwards of $6 billion annually
In the United States there are approx 2 million people in prison or approx 1/2 of 1% of the population
I think the majority of people would agree that improvements need to be and can be made in the criminal justice system. Ideally, a solid argument can be made that reform, not just punishment should be the end goal as it relieves an economic burden on society as well as ends the cycle of or limits the amount of pain and violence in society
Our guest today is someone who is working towards that effort as he has had personal experience with the criminal justice system Daniel Vansetten joins us here today in the studio.
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By Matthew McquinleyThe critically acclaimed novelist ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky who is recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time said
“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.”
In 2024
There were about 40,600 people in Australia's prisons. Just over 9 in 10 (93%) people in prison were male. About 1 in 3 (32%) people in prison were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people (ABS
The recidivism rate for a 2 year period in Australia is approx 51.7%
The number approaches 80% for juveniles .
A Productivity Commission report places the increasing taxpayer costs of incarceration at an average of $367 per prisoner per day, with Australia’s prison system costing upwards of $6 billion annually
In the United States there are approx 2 million people in prison or approx 1/2 of 1% of the population
I think the majority of people would agree that improvements need to be and can be made in the criminal justice system. Ideally, a solid argument can be made that reform, not just punishment should be the end goal as it relieves an economic burden on society as well as ends the cycle of or limits the amount of pain and violence in society
Our guest today is someone who is working towards that effort as he has had personal experience with the criminal justice system Daniel Vansetten joins us here today in the studio.