Supporting Criminalised Women, Girls, Children and Families
Sisters Inside is an Aboriginal-led organisation advocating for the human rights of women and girls in prison and their families. We provide vital services to break cycles of poverty, violence, and incarceration, creating pathways to safety, healing, and freedom.
Your support helps women rebuild their lives.
Services and Programs
We know that ANY time spent in prison harms women and children. Therefore, our overarching goal is to reduce the number of women in prison – supporting them to avoid going to prison in the first place, to apply for parole as soon as they are eligible, and to stay out of prison following release.
For Women
We provide in-prison and community-based programs across Queensland focused on safety, wellbeing and justice. These include sexual assault and anti-violence counselling, health support, parole and bail advocacy, and decarceration initiatives that help women leave prison sooner and stay out.
For Mum’s & Kids
Our programs help mothers in prison maintain relationships with their children and rebuild family life after release. Through initiatives like Building on Women’s Strengths (BOWS) and Child and Parenting Support (CaPS), we assist with family reunification, parenting skills, and healing from trauma – because every child deserves stability and love.
For Young People
We support young people affected by the prison system to stay connected to family, culture and community. Programs like ReConnect, Yangah and Barista Sistas focus on education, employment, and creative expression, empowering young people, especially First Nations girls, to build safer, stronger futures.
Five to Free Her
Sisters Inside is calling on everyone to contribute just $5 a week to bring joy, safety and freedom to the women and kids we walk alongside.
With new laws like “adult crime, adult time”, our children are being punished and locked up.
We’re responding with love, care and connection to address the underlying issues affecting criminalised women and children.
Just five bucks a week, less than the cost of a coffee, can make a real difference in someone’s life.
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News and Advocacy
Sisters Inside Condemns Push to Expand Police Powers Over Children Queensland Government Moves to Strip More Rights from Children in the Name of Punishment
Sisters Inside condemns the Queensland Government's reported consideration of routine DNA collection from children and expanded police pursuit powers as yet another dangerous escalation in its war on children.‘These proposals are not about community safety. They are...
Premier’s latest parole announcement is about political punishment, not community safety
Sisters Inside has condemned the Queensland Government's latest expansion of Restricted Prisoner laws, describing the announcement as another example of fear-driven politics that prioritises punishment over genuine community safety.Sisters Inside CEO Debbie Kilroy...
Children Do Not Belong in Police Cells: Abolish Watch House Detention Before Another Child is Harmed
Sisters Inside is calling for the complete abolition of watch house detention for children, saying Queensland can no longer pretend these facilities are temporary holding places when they have become sites of routine degradation, violence and psychological harm.The...