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Crim Con 2026 (2 days, 26 - 27 June)

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The Exchange
55 Exchange Place
Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia (map)

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Crim Con 2026, 26 - 27 June - Not just a conference but a space to hear from criminalised and formerly incarcerated people. Crim Con 2026! 26-27 June

Why Prison Reform Doesn’t Work.

Join us for this conference by criminalised and formerly incarcerated people.

Art / music / poetry exhibition - We Are More Than What They Did To Us - Fri 26th June 6-9pm.

The opening night of Crim Con is a community-led cultural gathering that centres the voices, stories and creative expression of community members through art, music, poetry and shared space we create a room grounded in lived experience, one that refuses silence, challenges stigma, and honours the complexity of our lives.

Before panels and before analysis, we begin with people, including:

Music by Nancy Bates (award-winning Barkindji singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist)
Silent Rhymes (South Australian hip hop artist)
Poetry by Matcho Cassidy, Fig Henry Kershaw and others.

Non-alcoholic drinks provided on Friday.

Panels / speakers / workshops - Sat 27th June 11am-6pm.

Presentations by Debbie Kilroy (Sisters Inside), Tabitha Lean (Sisters Inside), Samantha Burns (National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls), Brett Collins (Justice Action), Dan Vansetten (Level Up), Daniel Chung (DC Boxing & Performance), Sam Narroway (Second Chances), and more.
Workshops include song-writing with Nancy Bates, zine making, interactive art sessions, and an introduction to using Freedom of Information.

Light lunch and non-alcoholic drinks provided on Saturday.

More program details coming soon.

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