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Callous foster child killer found dead in jail cell

Callous foster child killer found dead in jail cell

A man who was serving a life sentence for the callous murder of a 12-year-old girl under his foster care has been found dead in jail.

'Pest infestations': inmates held in inhumane prison

'Pest infestations': inmates held in inhumane prison

'Pest infestations': inmates held in inhumane prison

'Pest infestations': inmates held in inhumane prison

Conditions in a remand facility are cruel and degrading, with inmates held in unhygienic cells infested with pests, a watchdog has found.

Mould leaves new prison cells empty during crime crisis

Mould leaves new prison cells empty during crime crisis

Mould leaves new prison cells empty during crime crisis

Mould leaves new prison cells empty during crime crisis

New units at a prison and remand centre are uninhabitable after black mould infestations the government blames on shoddy workmanship.

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Incarceration crisis: youth laws to face UN scrutiny

Incarceration crisis: youth laws to face UN scrutiny

Australia's juvenile justice system could come under international scrutiny as one state seeks to make its youth crime laws even tougher.

Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Prison officers have told a coroner they're comfortable with their actions after finding an Aboriginal man unresponsive in his cell.

Marathon debate ahead as 'tough' bail laws thrashed out

Marathon debate ahead as 'tough' bail laws thrashed out

Lawmakers are settling in for a lengthy debate on controversial bail reforms as the premier slams an opposition move to ditch their "tough" branding.

'No real win': Labor 'takes bait' with crime crackdown

'No real win': Labor 'takes bait' with crime crackdown

A union has declared an Australian-first machete ban doesn't go far enough as a former Labor campaigner questions the political upshot of the crime crackdown.

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Notorious prison returns to public ownership

Notorious prison returns to public ownership

A prison that has had its fair share of dangerous incidents in recent years is returning to public ownership under a state government private-to-public push.

Premier claims credit for higher jail rate

Premier claims credit for higher jail rate

Premier claims credit for higher jail rate

Premier claims credit for higher jail rate

Legal experts say sustainable community safety cannot be achieved through jailing more people as a premier points to figures 'the Greens don't like'.

Indian court jails man for rape, killing of Irish woman

Indian court jails man for rape, killing of Irish woman

Indian court jails man for rape, killing of Irish woman

Indian court jails man for rape, killing of Irish woman

The Irish family of a young woman raped and murdered in India faced a long battle for justice.

Controversial bail crackdown spurs youth custody surge

Controversial bail crackdown spurs youth custody surge

Controversial bail crackdown spurs youth custody surge

Controversial bail crackdown spurs youth custody surge

The number of young people in custody in one state has jumped more than 30 per cent following a surge in bail refusals.

'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

Two women have described their experiences inside the Alice Springs watch house as hot and overcrowded, with food shortages leaving them "hungry all the time".

AFL legend's son jailed over 'troubling' $140,000 fraud

AFL legend's son jailed over 'troubling' $140,000 fraud

AFL legend's son jailed over 'troubling' $140,000 fraud

AFL legend's son jailed over 'troubling' $140,000 fraud

The son of an AFL great will spend nine months behind bars for fraudulently stealing $140,000 from a family-owned golf business to fund his gambling addiction.

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

A dangerous driver who failed to heed a police warning before causing a crash which killed five people could walk free on parole within three years.

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Bail laws crack down halts court as arrests explode

Police have made 31 arrests in 24 hours after major changes to bail laws, causing courts to grind to a stop, leaving authorities scrambling for solutions.

New bail laws increase pressures in 'broken system'

The roll-out of new bail laws has caused havoc with more than one per cent of the Northern Territory's population now behind bars.

Ambushed, stabbed: jail agency regret officer's torture

Corrective Services NSW regrets a prison officer was ambushed and doused in a hazardous chemical during a six-hour siege, after being fined $600,000.

'Cruel' murderer who breached protection order jailed

Convicted killer James William Pualic will spend up to 24 years and six months behind bars for the "cruel and vicious" murder of his former partner.

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Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

More than a decade after it was decommissioned, a notorious jail is again taking on inmates as authorities scramble to deal with rising prisoner numbers.

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

With nine Aboriginal women killed in six months across the Northern Territory, experts are trying to pin down causes of the shocking domestic violence rate.

Freed terrorist Benbrika could stay under watchful eyes

Notorious Australian terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been exposed to close surveillance ever since his release, and the government hopes to keep it that way.

Reform thwarted at jail with 'racist' culture: inquest

A senior public servant faced barriers "way beyond what I imagined" when he tried to turn around a trouble-plagued youth detention centre.

'Huge kick in the guts' for grandmother jailed in Japan

The WA premier says there are avenues of appeal for an Australian granny who has been sentenced to six years jail in Japan for drug smuggling.

'Vile conduct': jogging trail rapist's appeal denied

An appeal court has found rapist Joel Russo will present a danger to women "long into the future" as they denied his 20-year prison term challenge.

Rising rate of jailed Indigenous women rings alarm bell

Domestic and family violence, and insecure housing are among the issues driving up the numbers of Indigenous women in Australia's prison system, advocates say.

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