Sisters Inside Inc

Sisters Inside Inc Sisters Inside Inc. is a Not-For-Profit organisation that supports criminalised women, girls and families.

Queensland’s children’s imprisonment system is once again exposing children to conditions that no child should ever expe...
12/06/2026

Queensland’s children’s imprisonment system is once again exposing children to conditions that no child should ever experience.

Reports that children were allegedly locked in their cells for an entire weekend due to staff shortages reveal a system in crisis: one that continues to rely on isolation, deprivation and incarceration instead of care, support and community.

Sisters Inside is outraged that children are being subjected to prolonged lockdowns, denied access to education, family contact and basic human dignity, while governments continue to expand the very system causing this harm.

Queensland’s latest parole reforms are being framed as a response to “community safety” and victims’ rights. But beneath...
25/05/2026

Queensland’s latest parole reforms are being framed as a response to “community safety” and victims’ rights. But beneath the political slogans lies a far more dangerous shift: the steady expansion of permanent punishment as a governing principle. These changes are not simply administrative reforms to parole. They deepen the power of the state to keep people imprisoned for longer, erode pathways to reintegration, and further entrench a prison system already built on racial violence, structural inequality and social abandonment.

Sisters Inside argue that the reforms should concern far more than those directly impacted by imprisonment. The proposed changes represent a broader political transformation in which punishment is increasingly untethered from judicial sentencing, rehabilitation is treated as politically illegitimate, and prisons continue to expand while governments refuse to address the conditions that produce harm in the first place.

We have made a submission to the Queensland Ombudsman and Inspector of Detention Services in response to the draft inspe...
22/05/2026

We have made a submission to the Queensland Ombudsman and Inspector of Detention Services in response to the draft inspection standards for Queensland watch-houses.

The submission is informed by conversations with frontline workers supporting women inside the watch houses, alongside the expertise of criminalised and formerly incarcerated women.

What workers and women described was not a system grounded in dignity, care, or safety. They described overcrowding, punishment, healthcare neglect, homelessness, surveillance, coercion, and institutional abandonment becoming normalised within everyday watch-house operations.

These slides summarise some of the key concerns raised throughout the submission.

Mother’s Day should never be spent separated from the people we love most.Prisons are built on separation. They remove m...
21/05/2026

Mother’s Day should never be spent separated from the people we love most.

Prisons are built on separation. They remove mothers from their babies, punish entire families, and tear apart entire communities. There is nothing just about a system that cages women and calls the suffering of children collateral damage.

This Mother’s Day in North Queensland, we gathered to create something the system can never destroy: love, connection, resistance, and collective care. We shared food, laughter, stories, and joy together

Thank you to everyone who stood with these women and their children and helped make the day possible. Every moment spent together is a refusal of systems built to harm.
Every act of care is resistance. Mothers belong with their children. Communities belong together.
💜💜💜

Friyays at Sisters Inside 🍹
15/05/2026

Friyays at Sisters Inside 🍹



Not guilty ❤️
11/05/2026

Not guilty ❤️

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re shining a light on the strength, resilience and love of young mothers in our community....
10/05/2026

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re shining a light on the strength, resilience and love of young mothers in our community.

Every number tells a story.
Every number represents a mother, a child, a family and a future.
Over the past year, the Sisters Inside Young Mums Program has supported:
44 young mothers
69 children
Some of these are families experiencing housing insecurity,
Many are young women experiencing domestic and family violence,
Women in need of connection, healing and cultural support,
Each week our responses include food, formula and emergency assistance
Behind every number is a woman doing everything she can to keep going for her children.
This Mother’s Day, stand with young mums and help us continue this vital work.

All photographs in this publication are used with appropriate permissions and approvals.

Donate today via the link in bio.
sistersinside.com.au/donate for a one off donation or pledge as little as $5 a week in ongoing support at fivetofreeher.com

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums and to the family we honour today. We are using this day as an opportunity to shed li...
09/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums and to the family we honour today. We are using this day as an opportunity to shed light on the work we do at Sisters Insides Young Mothers Program.

The Sisters Inside Young Mums Program provides practical, emotional and cultural support to young mothers and their children.
We support young mums through:
• Individual advocacy and support
• Assistance accessing housing, education, training and employment opportunities
• Practical support with food and urgent needs
• Parenting and attachment programs including Circle of Security training
• Healing programs delivered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
• Culturally safe alcohol and other drug support if needed
• Social connection opportunities, including art groups, cultural activities and Pamper Days
• Childcare support so mothers can participate safely and fully
At Sisters Inside, we know that when mothers are supported, families and communities are strengthened.
This Mother’s Day weekend, your donation can support young mothers access support, healing and connection.

All photographs in this publication are used with appropriate permissions and approvals.

Donate today via the link in bio.
sistersinside.com.au/donate for a one off donation or pledge as little as $5 a week in ongoing support at fivetofreeher.com

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re shining a light on the strength, resilience and love of young mothers in our community....
09/05/2026

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re shining a light on the strength, resilience and love of young mothers in our community.
The Sisters Inside Young Mums Program supports young, primarily Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander single mothers who are navigating poverty, violence, isolation, criminalisation and limited access to support.
Our work is grounded in healing, culture, connection and self-determination. We walk alongside young mums to ensure they have access to emotional, psychological, spiritual and practical support for themselves and their children.
Too many young mothers are expected to survive without adequate support systems. Through advocacy, cultural healing, parenting support and community connection, we work to ensure no young mum feels alone.
This Mother’s Day, help us support young mothers and their children with dignity, care and community.

All photographs in this publication are used with appropriate permissions and approvals.

Donate today via the link in bio.
sistersinside.com.au/donate for a one off donation or pledge as little as $5 a week in ongoing support at fivetofrerher.com

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326 Montague Road
West End, QLD
4101

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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