Podcasts: Defund the police and abolish the prison system — What does it mean? How can it be done?

Debbie Kilroy
Elizabeth Jarrett
Mervyn Eades
July 10, 2020
Issue 
1272
Analysis

Â鶹´«Ã½ hosted a forum on June 28 on the topic of "Defund the police & abolish the prison system: What does it mean & how can it be done?" Listen to the presentations below.

Debbie Kilroy is a prisoner rights activist, founder and CEO of Sisters Inside.

Elizabeth Jarrett is a Gumbaynggirr Dunghutti Bundjalung woman who is a leading activist in the Justice for David Dungay Jnr campaign and stop deaths in custody campaign groups in Sydney.

Mervyn Eades is a Menang/Wilaman man from the Noongar nation and Deputy Secretary of the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee.

Yatala Labour prison in Adelaide, South Australia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Indigenous
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Australia

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