More women are being forced to wait for their criminal trials from behind bars, but only half are receiving a prison sentence as the state faces a female “remand crisis”, a landmark report has found.

Experts have warned that bail crackdowns intended to keep domestic abusers and violent criminals off the streets have unintentionally led to more vulnerable women being left to wait for their sentencing from behind bars, rather than accessing support programs.

Jenny Holmes supports women leaving the prison system. Credit: Dominic Lorrimer

A coalition of advocates and support service providers handed the state government a slew of recommendations with the goal of halving the rate of women’s imprisonment in NSW by 2030.

From 2014 to 2023, the rate of women charged and convicted in NSW ha

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