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Australia’s new convict age

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:14:42
Publish Date: 2020-11-01 17:00:00
Description:

In recent years Australia has seen an acceleration in law and order style electioneering, and it’s led to a record high incarceration rate. Now, as a global conversation about justice reform continues, there are growing calls to change our approach. Today, Mike Seccombe, on who gets jailed in Australia and what needs to change.


Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.


Background reading: Failures of the criminal justice system in The Saturday Paper

 

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