Why was this woman sent to a men's prison? - a podcast by ABC Radio

As she entered one of Australia's largest male prisons, Mara Ellis was strip-searched by four prison guards: two men and two women.

She says it was the last time the justice system acknowledged she is a woman before Mara was locked away in solitary confinement.

This week on Background Briefing, Meghna Bali investigates what happens to women in men's prisons.

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