http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/04/27/1114462099415.html
Fergus Shiel ; Gary Hughes
"Women in state prisons are denied proper health care, strip searched unnecessarily and many are held in maximum security without reason, a submission to the Equal Opportunity Commission claims.
Community and legal groups allege that women from indigenous and ethnic backgrounds are racially attacked by warders and inmates, prisoners are being unnecessarily disciplined and those suffering psychiatric illnesses are being neglected"
