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Indigenous prisoners failed by 'high-risk' ratings

Indigenous prisoners failed by 'high-risk' ratings

Indigenous Australians are lacking vital support when they are in prison and when released from custody, an auditor-general's report has found.

Cocaine bungle exposes prison failures, union says

Cocaine bungle exposes prison failures, union says

Cocaine bungle exposes prison failures, union says

Cocaine bungle exposes prison failures, union says

Violence, drugs and understaffing at a remand centre are a constant safety threat and politicians must commit to returning it to public hands, a union says.

'Stain on our community' that kids are imprisoned

'Stain on our community' that kids are imprisoned

'Stain on our community' that kids are imprisoned

'Stain on our community' that kids are imprisoned

A social justice advocate, who spent two years in prison for drug dealing, says vulnerable women need better support, and children should not be jailed.

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Bondi gunman family jail visit stopped for fruit knife

Bondi gunman family jail visit stopped for fruit knife

The family of Naveed Akram has been stopped from visiting the Bondi Beach gunman in prison after police found "suspected contraband" in their parked car.

Famed outback town reports major drop in crime

Famed outback town reports major drop in crime

A crime-plagued outback town is touting big drops in offending - just as a new women's prison is opening.

'Dilemma': inmate's wish caused healthcare problems

'Dilemma': inmate's wish caused healthcare problems

Notorious killer Martin Leach's demand that he receive no life-saving medical treatment created a dilemma for prison health staff, a coroner has found.

Iran arrests reformist politicians after mass protests

Iran arrests reformist politicians after mass protests

Iran has arrested several prominent reformist figures about a month after mass protests swept the country.

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Complex legal battle ahead for Mokbel if he sues state

Complex legal battle ahead for Mokbel if he sues state

Complex legal battle ahead for Mokbel if he sues state

Complex legal battle ahead for Mokbel if he sues state

As drug kingpin Tony Mokbel awakes to his first morning as a free man, he faces a tough battle if he seeks a compensation claim against a state government.

Crime boss claims prison conditions are cruel, inhumane

Crime boss claims prison conditions are cruel, inhumane

Crime boss claims prison conditions are cruel, inhumane

Crime boss claims prison conditions are cruel, inhumane

Convicted murderer George Marrogi has argued his rights in custody have been breached because he was barred from having meaningful human contact for 16 months.

Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom

Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom

Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom

Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is excited about jetting overseas after nearly two decades in jail or on bail, after prosecutors dropped retrial plans.

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

A study of deaths in custody has highlighted a disturbing disparity involving the use of a potentially lethal restraint on Indigenous Australians.

'Housemate from hell' jailed over post-eviction arson

'Housemate from hell' jailed over post-eviction arson

'Housemate from hell' jailed over post-eviction arson

'Housemate from hell' jailed over post-eviction arson

A woman dubbed the "housemate from hell" will spend up to six years and two months in prison after admitting a three-month vendetta after she was evicted.

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

The cost of managing the nation's prison populations has exploded in the past decade as cells become fuller and more people reoffend.

Taxpayers foot record amount to jail young people

Taxpayers foot record amount to jail young people

Taxpayers foot record amount to jail young people

Taxpayers foot record amount to jail young people

A record $1.1 billion spent locking up children and young people, revealed in a new report, has been described as the result of a "devastating policy failure".

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Underworld boss wins legal fight over prison conditions

Crime boss and murderer George Marrogi has successfully argued in court his right to access open air in prison has been breached.

No more male heckling through the wire for women inside

A new dedicated women's prison in a crime-troubled territory is aimed at improving rehabilitation outcomes away from adjacent compounds for male inmates.

Previously jailed driver's 'hauntingly similar' charges

A driver jailed for hitting a cyclist, leaving him with life-altering injuries, has returned to court charged with dozens of "hauntingly similar" new offences.

Bondi gunman moved to notorious supermax prison

Naveed Akram, accused of the worst terror attack on Australian soil where 15 people were killed, has been transferred to a supermax jail.

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Australia 'stained' by its treatment of child offenders

Australia has been slammed for its juvenile justice laws as UN experts sound the alarm over the growing number of people in prison without a sentence.

Indigenous deaths in custody reach 'horrific' high

Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979/80, with advocates calling for action on incarceration rates.

UN inspectors again frozen out of Australian prisons

United Nations inspectors have been barred from a crime-troubled territory's prisons and watch houses, raising questions about what authorities have to hide.

Inmate death prompts reform of medical emergency rules

Procedures for medical emergencies will be improved in a territory's prisons following the death of a disabled inmate manhandled by guards after a seizure.

'Pure evil' rapist's appeal win rejected by High Court

A rapist's appeal against his convictions has been reversed by Australia's highest court after prosecutors challenged the decision to allow him a re-trial.

'Kiara deserved justice': months jail over mum's death

The grieving family of a woman killed by her partner's homemade gun says the man's "lenient" three-month prison sentence sends a dangerous message.

Guard-bashing inmate who sparked chaos gets more jail

An inmate who bashed four prison officers in an unprovoked attack, causing corrections staff to strike, has had his sentence upgraded.

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