Incarceration Issue
Barred Calls: On the Line with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
We spend a night shift with the woman responsible for checking in on every single Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander taken into custody within Victoria and Tasmania.
Was Australia's First Zine Made on a Convict Ship?
The Wild Goose: A Collection of Ocean Waifs was a weekly newspaper published in 1867 by British prisoners as they sailed to a penal colony in Australia.
Death Rights Behind Bars
Given 35 life terms, plus an extra 1,035 years, Martin Bryant will die in prison one way or another. But if he had his way, it would be sooner rather than later.
Darwin Night Patrol
In Part 2 of our series, Over Represented, we rode along with the city's Indigenous night patrol to see how they assist the homeless, and intervene before the police arrive.
Do Women in Prison Sync Up?
If you've ever shared a house with a bunch females, you'll know what it means to sync up. But what about prisoners? Do women's prisons become moody, achy hell holes every few weeks?
How Australia Legalized Indefinite Detention on the High Seas
After two weeks on the water, a boat carrying asylum seekers was intercepted by Australian authorities. Its passengers were transferred to a naval vessel where they remained under guard for 29 days.
Watch VICE’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas Panel Discuss Incarceration in Australia
What are prisons for, and how did they become a growth industry?
Photos of Australian Workers Assembling Chinese-Made Prison Cells
For these factory workers, putting together prefab cells is just like any other job.
The Man Who Wasn’t There
In 2010 one of Australia's most notorious crime bosses, Carl Williams, was murdered at Victoria's Barwon Prison. A little over a year later the prison's general manager, David Prideaux, disappeared on a hunting trip. His body has never been found.
How Fear Helped Build Australia's Supermax Prisons
From bikers to terrorists, supermax prisons are a holding pen for the country's worst nightmares.
Final Word: An Email from Peter Nash
Brisbane-born former Silk Road moderator Peter Nash spent six months in an Australian prison, followed by 11 months at NYC's Metropolitan Remand Center. He declined an interview request but gave his permission to print this email.
Watch Our FODI Panel on Incarceration Chaired by John Safran
To help launch The Incarceration Issue, VICE Australia and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2015 put together a panel featuring Eric Schlosser, Debbie Kilroy, Chris Munro, and a lot of very disturbing statistics around prison, and the booming industry...