Sophie Russell (BSLS, MCrim) is the Research Associate for the Comparative Youth Penality Project and the Rethinking Community Sanctions Project at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Sophie has worked in research, policy and advocacy for the Community Restorative Centre and the Sydney Institute of Criminology. She is involved in a voluntary capacity with community sector organisations including the Women's Justice Network and the Justice Reinvestment Network Australia. From 2015-2018 she served as on the board of Glebe House, a residential therapeutic community. She is currently completing a PhD at UTS on imprisonment and post-release in NSW.