On 22 August 2007 the Coalition issued a media release calling for community organisations with an interest in the new prison to apply soon to ACT Community Coalition on Corrections in order to gain authorised visitor status. Read media release here.

On 4 March 2008 the Coalition issued a media release announcing a series of forums focussing on the operation of the prison and the many ways the prison will and should interact with the community. Read media release here.

"The Bill rushed through the ACT Assembly last week authorising routine strip searching makes a mockery of the boast that the new ACT Prison will be human rights compliant," declared Debbie Kilroy, President of Sisters Inside at the ACTCOSS Conference today.