Professor Marilyn McMahon

you increase the likelihood that further down the track, that person will have more contact with the criminal justice system.

So I think we have a really unfortunate paradox.

Now that is, people who are demanding that we put more people in prison to protect the community may actually be giving us a short-term solution, but a long-term problem.

We've got what I regard as a return to draconian type bail laws that will lock up lots of people who probably shouldn't be in jail.

We're capturing a broad category of people.

What we really need to do is make sure that we only remand those people who are a serious risk to the community if released on bail.

I think that, you know, the very broad approach that's been adopted by the government is one that lacks consultation, that lacks adequate reflection and therefore has all the hallmarks of a regressive bail policy.

Marilyn, thank you so much for your time.

Thanks, Daniel.