Fighting for female prisoners: Debbie Kilroy and the story of Sisters Inside | Australian Story 2019

The fall and rise of Debbie Kilroy — from high security women’s prisoner to high-profile crusading lawyer. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

Debbie was sentenced to six years for drug trafficking. She began university studies in jail and made history when she became the first woman with a serious conviction to be admitted as ‘a fit and proper person’ to the bar of Queensland.

Debbie mounted a spur-of-the-moment crowd-funding campaign to pay off the court debts of Indigenous women incarcerated in Western Australia for defaulting on fines.

The campaign raised more than $1 million, helping 140 women.

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