There is a significant evidence and policy gap in understanding and responding to post-release homelessness for people with disability. This rapid evidence review found a limited number of studies that were directly relevant to the research questions, indicating further research is needed that explicitly examines homelessness for justice-involved people with disability.

The authors of this report argue that if Australian governments reformed sentencing so that non-violent low-risk offenders were not detained at taxpayer expense, but rather were put to work in industries which urgently need workers, this could deliver substantial benefits to taxpayers without compromising community safety.

This study uses data from two state-wide surveys conducted in New South Wales prisons and youth justice centres in 2015 to examine the epidemiology of intergenerational incarceration.

This Evidence Brief presents key findings from Taylor Fry’s Pathways to homelessness report about people exiting custody in New South Wales (NSW). The authors also discuss implications for policy and practice.

In 2021–22, there were 106 deaths in custody: 84 in prison custody and 22 in police custody or custody-related operations. In total, there were 24 Indigenous deaths and 81 non-Indigenous deaths in custody and one death of a person whose Indigenous status was unknown. This report contains detailed information on these deaths and compares the...