Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that ‘good policy’ should be informed by the people it most directly affects. However, learning from people with lived experiences in the criminal justice sector, such as people who have served time in prison, has received little attention. This article discusses the significance of and challenges related to capturing the voices of people who are currently serving time or have served time in prison. We argue that formalising the perspectives of these individuals into policymaking through co-design processes may be an important method for enhancing program responses to rising incarceration and reincarceration rates. *This is a corrected version of the original article published ‘Online First’ on February 17, 2021. Some text in the literature review was unintentionally missing attribution. The Correction Notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.1941
Highlights
IntroductionThe number and rate of individuals imprisoned across all Australian states and territories have risen rapidly
Over the past decade, the number and rate of individuals imprisoned across all Australian states and territories have risen rapidly
While we recognise that effective policies must span multiple facets of prevention, in-prison program development and post-release support, we focus on how the voices of people who have spent time in prison might be used; that is, to inform the development of post-release support programs through the continued support of advocacy programs and research as well as through experimentation with other mechanisms, such as co-design processes and the use of experience data to support system-level performance monitoring and improvement processes
Summary
The number and rate of individuals imprisoned across all Australian states and territories have risen rapidly. While we recognise that effective policies must span multiple facets of prevention, in-prison program development and post-release support, we focus on how the voices of people who have spent time in prison might be used; that is, to inform the development of post-release support programs through the continued support of advocacy programs and research as well as through experimentation with other mechanisms, such as co-design processes and the use of experience data to support system-level performance monitoring and improvement processes Together, these may help to assess the extent to which the policy objectives for rehabilitation and other predictors of reincarceration are being met and how programs might be improved
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