NTWLS Advocacy Series | Women’s imprisonment and DFSV

Most women in custody have experienced domestic & family violence ⚖️😔

‘ANROWS Research Synthesis’ shows there are well-established links between women’s experiences of domestic, family and sexual violence and imprisonment 🚨

Women can become caught in cycles of imprisonment and experiencing violence. Violence increases the risk and effects of imprisonment … and imprisonment increases the risk and effects of violence ♻️

📖 Read the full report via ➡️ https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2020-07/apo-nid308044.pdf

💭 The Top End Women’s Legal Service‘s 2020 Legal Health Check Project found that in a survey of 50+ women incarcerated within the Darwin Correctional Centre, 76% had experiencing DFV as a child or adult… ℹ️ Learn more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/tewls_lhc_dccreport

⚖️ Central Australian Women’s Legal Service
⚖️ Top End Women’s Legal Service
⚖️ Katherine Women’s Legal Service