The Victorian Government is proposing to significantly expand the capacity of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre or DPFC, a women's prison on the western edge of Narrm, Melbourne.

 

Drawing on the voices of women with lived experience of prison and evidence based practice, the Homes Not Prisons campaign is calling on the State Government to use the money allocated for expanding the prison to build public housing instead.

 

This week on the program we bring you selections from Stop the Expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a recent online event hosted by Victorian Women Lawyers addressing this issue.

The discussion features Yuin woman Vickie Roach, Principal Legal Officer of the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women Jill Prior, Sara, member of the Homes Not Prisons Steering Committee, and Karen Fletcher, Executive Officer of feminist abolitionist advocacy and support service Flat Out.