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Second academic quits Queensland police First Nations advisory panel, saying force doesn’t want to change (www.theguardian.com)
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Exclusive: Marlene Longbottom says police are ‘comfortable with the status quo’ and unwilling to confront real problems in the ranks

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

We wouldn't need as many police if we had more social services. We wouldn't need as many prisons either, and therein lies the reason why it won't happen. Prison is a profitable business and intertwined with governments and campaign funds.

[-] LineNoise@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Nearly 40 per cent of Victoria’s prisoner population is housed in three privately managed prisons – Port Philip Prison, Ravenhall Correctional Centre and Fulham Correctional Centre. As a consequence, Victoria has the largest proportion of privately managed prisoners in Australia, while Australia has the largest proportion in the world.

https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2019/06/28/1375605/victorias-prison-system-rising-costs-and-population-little-accountability

It’s absolutely central to why, right across the country, we’re doubling down on carceral approaches that we know increase offending rather than reducing it. There’s vested interests keen to ensure that.

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