Within Australia, much of our work is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and involves analysis of linked, cross-sectoral data. Given the remarkable over-representation of First Nations peoples in the criminal justice system, this work is heavily influenced and informed by principles of data sovereignty. We also seek to drive improvements in data linkage infrastructure and capacity, including through delivery of a short course on cross-sectoral data linkage, which has been delivered to students across Australia and internationally.

Internationally, much of our work focusses on policy and standards, and on supporting efforts to collect, collate, and routinely report on the health of justice-involved people. We have been funded by the ICRC to develop and deliver a short course on prison health information systems, which are a prerequisite for routine reporting on the health of people in detention. We support the WHO in collating and reporting on prison health across the European region, and in efforts to expand this initiative globally, and to youth detention settings.