Profile of women in prison in NSW
Commissioned by the – Keeping Women Out of Prison Coalition – (KWOOP), a subfund of Sydney Community Foundation and Sydney Women’s Fund.
Authors:
Lucy Phelan, Mindy Sotiri, and Margaret Scott for KWOOP
A research study commissioned by KWOOP with Sydney Community Foundation and Sydney Women’s Fund to establish a baseline profile of women in prison in NSW drawn from available data. The main report Profile of Women in Prison Part A: A Snapshot contains the data pertaining to women in prison in NSW as at August 2019.
The study also includes the compilation of a comprehensive list of support services for women in NSW affected by the corrections system. The census of services is published as a separate document, Profile of women in prison in NSW, Part B: Census of Services. Both parts A and B are available in full on request.