“Women Speak Tasmania is committed to advocating for female-only prisons to protect the wellbeing and safety of women and girls. Keeping women’s prisons female is not about exclusion—it’s about ensuring safety, dignity, and rights. Safety is not a privilege; it is a fundamental right that must be upheld in all women’s facilities.”
- The Hidden Cost of Gender Ideology in Australian Prisons: Women’s Safety SacrificedOver the past months, a series of highly publicised cases across multiple Australian jurisdictions has raised grave concerns about prison placement policies that allow male prisoners to be housed in women’s correctional facilities on the basis of gender identity… Read more: The Hidden Cost of Gender Ideology in Australian Prisons: Women’s Safety Sacrificed
- Lessons from the Harwood Case: How to Protect Vulnerable Prisoners Without Compromising Women’s SafetyWomen Speak Tasmania (WST) does not support the housing of trans-identifying males in female prisons. However, we recognise the vulnerability of individuals who identify as transgender and acknowledge the complex challenges they face in custody. We have reviewed in… Read more: Lessons from the Harwood Case: How to Protect Vulnerable Prisoners Without Compromising Women’s Safety
- Protecting Women in Prison: Tasmania Must Follow the Northern Territory’s LeadWomen Speak Tasmania welcomes the strong leadership shown by Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, who has announced that born males will no longer be placed in women’s prisons. The NT is now the first jurisdiction in Australia to… Read more: Protecting Women in Prison: Tasmania Must Follow the Northern Territory’s Lead
- Why Women’s Safety Must Be Central to Tasmania’s Prison PolicyEquality Tasmania welcomed the Custodial Inspector’s concern about the safety of LGBTIQA+ prisoners, following reports of assaults against gay men in Tasmanian prisons. In a December 2024 statement, Equality Tasmania spokesperson Rodney Croome said the organisation was “alarmed by… Read more: Why Women’s Safety Must Be Central to Tasmania’s Prison Policy
- A Win for Women: Tasmania Records Rape Statistics by SexAt Women Speak Tasmania, we never stop speaking up for the safety and dignity of women—especially those in vulnerable situations like female prisons. Protecting women’s spaces means making sure policy and law are grounded in reality, not ideology. Recently,… Read more: A Win for Women: Tasmania Records Rape Statistics by Sex