Editing Imprisonment (section)

=== Australia ===
Incarceration in what became known as [[Australia]] was introduced through [[colonization]]. As noted by scholar Thalia Anthony, the Australian [[Settler colonialism|settler colonial]] state has engaged in carceral tactics of containment and segregation against [[Aboriginal Australians]] since colonizers first arrived, "whether that be for [[Christianization|Christian]], [[Civilizing mission|civilizing]], protectionist, welfare, or penal purposes." When [[settler]]s arrived, they invented courts and passed laws without consent of Indigenous peoples that stated that they had [[jurisdiction]] over them and their lands. When Indigenous peoples challenged these laws, they were imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anthony|first=Thalia|title=Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives|publisher=Springer Singapore|year=2019|isbn=9789811392054|editor-last=Nakata|editor-first=Sana|pages=33–40|chapter=Settler-Colonial Governability: The Carceral Webs Woven by Law and Politics}}</ref>