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People with cognitive disability shouldn't be in prison because they're 'unfit to plead'. There are alternatives

  • Written by Bernadette McSherry, Foundation Director, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne
People with cognitive disability shouldn't be in prison because they're 'unfit to plead'. There are alternativesShutterstock

In 2018, the Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass, delivered a report about “the saddest case” she had ever seen.

A 39-year-old woman with a developmental disorder had been locked in her prison cell for up to 23 hours a day for more than 18 months. The woman had been charged with breaching an intervention order (a charge...

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