This failure to legislate prisoner rights continues to undermine the potential for meaningful reform and fuels systemic inequality and harm. The ACT has a model: its Human Rights Act 2004 applies to prison services in the Alexander Maconochie Centre, which is held to deliver services that are 'equal to those available in the community'. Queensland’s Human Rights Act 2019 similarly guarantees rights such as humane treatment in detention, but does not live them 24/7. Implementing robust prisoner rights laws is not just a moral imperative — it is essential public policy to break cycles of incarceration and rebuild lives. WA lacks statutory prisoner rights legislation; recommended reforms remain stalled.