The Examiner - Tasmania's prison system is doing traumatised women 'more harm than good'
By Owen Sinclair
Posted to The Examiner, 04/11/25
Tasmania’s prison system is doing traumatised women ‘more harm than good’
Kianna Whaling, a lived experience advocate said, “It’s not a place where you’re able to rehabilitate. I think it’s designed more to institutionalise inmates, rather than put them on the right path to recovery. And that’s for all inmates in the women’s prison.”
Tasmanian Times - Systems Abuse Follows Women Behind Prison Walls
By Tasmania Times, 30/10/2025
The death of Chelsea Bracken at Mary Hutchinson Women’s Prison has exposed a critical failure – the correctional system itself perpetuates the abuse that brought women there.
Engender Equality CEO Alina Thomas calls for urgent reform –
“We must move away from punishing victim-survivors for surviving violence and instead focus on support and rehabilitation.”
What helped Lili after surviving domestic violence in childhood
By Kellie Scott
Posted to ABC News, 29/07/25 – 3:08pm (Updated 06/08/25 – 8:49am)
The program coordinator for Engender Equality’s Advocates for Change says advocacy is a chance for victim-survivors to rebuild community and reclaim their voice.
“When you step into advocacy spaces, you get to experience allyship … you get to celebrate strength and resilience.”
Coercive Control: Abuse in Hiding
Coercive control is insidious. It is strategic. It is abuse in hiding.
He: didn’t look for someone to love; he looked for someone to control.
She: Easy going, friendly, positive person = gullible to manipulation.