Homes Not Prisons

Monday, 1 November 2021 - 8:30am to 9:00am
Poster reads "Build homes not prisons, don't expand Dame Phyllis Frost Women's Prison" with illustrations showing the many public and community support services which would keep people out of prison blocked, derelict or abandoned

This week on the program we hear an interview by 3CR broadcaster Priya Kunjan about Homes Not Prisons, a campaign to stop the expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison in Victoria. The campaign is fighting for money the State Government has allocated for this project to be used to build public housing instead.

Priya speaks with Vickie Roach, Yuin woman, activist and advocate for Aboriginal women in prison, Sara Stillanos, advocate with lived experience, and Gabi Franich, a campaign worker for Flat Out, a state-wide homelessness support and advocacy service for women who have had contact with the criminal justice or prison system in Victoria.

Sign the letter calling to stop the prison expansion and use the funds to build public housing here

The track you hear at the end of this episode is "The sun cannot rise in prison" by Narrm-based artist Papaphilia.

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

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Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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