The ACT Women and Prisons Group (WAP) is a not-for-profit community group established in 2005. WAP is made up of women with lived experience of prison, including ex-prisoners and those currently detained in the criminal justice system, as well as ACT women's services and other interested women. WAP advocates for the human rights of all women involved in the criminal justice system and provides them with emotional and practical support both during and after incarceration.
Since its establishment, WAP has been supported by the Women's Centre for Health Matters Inc. (WCHM) and the ACT Council of Social Service Inc (ACTCOSS). The Women's Centre for Health Matters Inc. provides office assistance, capacity building development assistance and other forms of support to the ACT Women and Prisons Group.
Sources used to compile this entry: Wybron, Deb and Dicker, Kiri, Invisible Bars - The Stories Behind the Stats, Centre for Women's Health Matters, 2009, https://www.womenshealthmatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Invisible-Bars-The-stories-behind-the-stats.pdf; The website of the ACT Women and Prisons Group (http://www.wchm.org.au/WAP/Home, accessed January 2014) was used in compiling this entry.
Prepared by: Lydia Connell
Created: 23 February 2012, Last modified: 11 January 2023
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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