Special Achievements

• Debbie is a prison reformer and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sisters Inside Inc.
• In 2007, Debbie was the first person in Australian with serious convictions to be admitted by the Supreme Court of Queensland to practice law.

Additional Information

• 2003 - Debbie, the first woman ex-prisoner, was awarded the Order of Australia for services to the community for working with women in prison.
• 2004 - Debbie was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal.
• 2013 - She was awarded the Churchill Fellow for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia.
• 2016 - Ms Kilroy was an Australian of the Year finalist, Queensland.
• She has degrees in social work, forensic mental health, law and is a qualified gestalt therapist.

Document - Time served: how Debbie Kilroy went from jail to advising the government on sentencing

Article by Joshua Robertson and courtesy of The Guardian, 4 January 2017

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Link - Kilroy, Debbie (1961 - )

The Australian Women's Register

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References

• Kilroy Was Here, Kris Olsson, 2005.

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Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens

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Link - About Debbie Kilroy OAM

Sisters Inside

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Image - Debbie Kilroy

Photo provided by, and used with permission of, Sisters Inside.