- Professor Stuart Kinner
Professor of Health Equity and Head, Justice Health Group, School of Population Health, Curtin University; Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Too many people die after leaving prison
The high rate of death after release from incarceration is tragic and avoidable, requiring whole-of-government responses, say University of Melbourne experts.
People in prison still in COVID-19 lockdown
Sustained COVID-19 lockdowns in prisons weigh on people's mental health. A University of Melbourne expert asks whether we are doing enough to protect them?
Prisons are communities too
COVID-19 has exposed the urgent need to reform incarceration systems globally to end overcrowding and improve health care, say University of Melbourne experts
We are leaving people released from prison vulnerable
People released from prison are vulnerable and more likely to be the victims of violence, says University of Melbourne research, and more support is needed.
Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19
Temporary initiatives helped protect homeless young people during COVID-19 but Australia needs a strategy to stop a rebound, say University of Melbourne experts
Too young for Facebook, old enough for prison?
You can’t sign up to Facebook until age 13, but in Australia you can face a criminal offence at age 10; University of Melbourne experts say that needs to change