Sisters Inside

{{Short description|Australian charity for criminalised women}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Sisters Inside | full_name = | native_name =  | native_name_lang =  | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt =  | caption = | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 =  | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into =  | successor = | formation =  | founder = Debbie Kilroy | founding_location = | dissolved =  | merger =  | type = Nonprofit | tax_id =  | registration_id =  | status = Charity | purpose =  | professional_title =  | headquarters = | coordinates =  | origins = | region_served =  | products =  | services = | methods =  | fields =  | membership =  | num_members_year =  | language =  | owner =  | secretary_general =  | leader_title =  | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ =  | parent_organization =  | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | ror_id =  | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding =  | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = {{URL|https://sistersinside.com.au/}} | remarks = | former_name =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}

'''Sisters Inside''' is an Australian registered charity which supports and advocates for criminalised women and girls and their children. It is based in Queensland, with offices in Brisbane and Townsville.<ref name="ACNC">{{cite web|website=Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission|title=Sisters Inside Inc|url=https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/fac6d964-38af-e811-a961-000d3ad24182/profile|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="QSAN">{{cite web|title=Sisters Inside|website=Queensland Sexual Assault Network|url=https://qsan.org.au/support/sisters-inside/|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>

The human rights activist and lawyer Debbie Kilroy is the founder and CEO of the organisation.<ref name="Women's Agenda">{{cite news|title=How Debbie Kilroy achieves change for women and girls in the criminal legal system|work=Women's Agenda|first=Denise|last=Shrivell|date=9 March 2020|url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-debbie-kilroy-achieves-change-for-women-and-girls-in-the-criminal-legal-system/|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Junkee">{{cite news|work=Junkee|title=How Sisters Inside Is Shaking Up The Prison System In Australia|date=4 June 2022|first=Claire|last=Keenan|url=https://junkee.com/sisters-inside-prison-system-in-australia/332704|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>

Sisters Inside describes itself as a grassroots organisation run by criminalised women for the benefit of "all of us inside".<ref name="Junkee"/> In its advocacy work, it calls for decarceration and prison abolition. The daily work of the organisation focuses on providing support to incarcerated and criminalised women, with a focus on supporting First Nations women.<ref name="Junkee"/>

==History== Sisters Inside's founder Debbie Kilroy has a long history of experience with the criminal justice system and incarceration, starting at the age of 13. She began her advocacy work in the early 1990s while incarcerated as part of a prisoners' committee. Upon her release on parole in 1992 she formed Sisters Inside with other women.<ref name="Junkee"/><ref name="Sydney">{{cite web|website=Sydney Criminal Lawyers|url=https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/imagining-prison-abolition-is-not-difficult-says-sisters-insides-debbie-kilroy/|date=21 December 2021|first=Paul |last=Gregoire|title=Imagining Prison Abolition Is Not Difficult, Says Sisters Inside’s Debbie Kilroy|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2019, Sisters Inside started a campaign called #FreeHer raising funds to pay fines of Aboriginal women in Western Australia who were imprisoned or at risk of imprisonment for non-payment of fines. The campaign received support from celebrities including Yael Stone and Russell Crowe. By June 2019, it had raised $400,000.<ref name="Inside Story">{{cite news|work=Inside Story|title=From little things|date=9 August 2019|first=Kristina|last=Olsson|url=https://insidestory.org.au/from-little-things/|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=ABC News|title=Anti-jail campaigner Debbie Kilroy's push to stop women being imprisoned for unpaid fines|date=3 June 2019|first=Emma |last=Griffiths|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-03/debbie-kilroys-push-to-stop-prison-for-unpaid-fines/11035650|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>

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Category:Non-profit organisations based in Queensland