Innovation in Meeting the Needs of Indigenous Inmates in Australia.
The article discusses the innovations at the facilities of the Kimberley Prison in Western Australia to meet the cultural and environmental needs of indigenous inmates. The Western Australian government's move is geared to reduce overrepresentation and reoffending of indigenous inmates on prisons an...
| Published in: | Corrections Today Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 52 - 57 |
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American Correctional Association
Sep/Oct2013
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