On 12 November 2021, the Productivity Commission held a live online event.
Australia’s imprisonment rates are around their highest in a century yet there has been a fall in many types of recorded crime.
The Productivity Commission research paper 'Australia’s Prison Dilemma' focuses on the following questions arising from that observation.
Why are imprisonment rates rising?
What is imprisonment costing the Australian community?
Are there alternatives to prison which can reduce costs without compromising community safety?
We will discuss these questions and more with our expert panel.
The event was moderated by the Productivity Commission Chair, Michael Brennan, and other guest speakers included:
3:37 Stephen King - Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Australia's prison dilemma
15:37 Don Weatherburn PSM - Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Do prisons make us safer?
27:44 Helen Coventry - Jesuit Social Services
The social cost of imprisonment
41:56 Nicholas Cowdery AO QC FAAL - Adjunct Professor at the Sydney Institute of Criminology
Criminal law's contribution
54:40 Q&A
Read the paper at: [ Ссылка ]
