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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.

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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.

Bail laws crack down halts court as arrests explode

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'

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

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.

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'Cruel' murderer who breached protection order jailed

'Cruel' murderer who breached protection order jailed

'Cruel' murderer who breached protection order jailed

'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.

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

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

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

'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

Freed terrorist Benbrika could stay under watchful eyes

Freed terrorist Benbrika could stay under watchful eyes

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

Reform thwarted at jail with 'racist' culture: inquest

Reform thwarted at jail with 'racist' culture: inquest

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

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

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

'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

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

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

'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.

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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.

Bail for cleaner accused of hiding Isla Bell's remains

A residential cleaner who allegedly transported the remains of Isla Bell in a fridge and helped conceal her death from police has been granted bail.

More prison for inmate who attacked guard with racquet

A prisoner told a judge the only way to protect his sobriety from drug dealers and users in prison was to assault a guard and be sent to punitive detention.

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

A former prison guard who was left with chemical burns, a punctured lung and stab wounds has told a court his life trajectory has plummeted.

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Australia 'gravely concerned' for activist's sentencing

The sentencing of an Australian pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has drawn bipartisan condemnation over the crackdown on political freedoms by China.

Indigenous incarceration in NSW is at a record high

One in 27 Aboriginal men are in custody in NSW, the highest proportion ever recorded.

'Cruel, inhuman, degrading' treatment in crowded jails

Overcrowded and understaffed jails are breaching prisoners' human rights, with some subjected to "inhuman" treatment as cases of self-harm rise.

Failures admitted after prison officers stabbed, burnt

Safety failures helped allow a brutal attack on two correctional officers, who were ambushed, assaulted and doused in a hazardous chemical, a court has heard.

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

Indigenous inmate dies in maximum-security prison

A 46-year-old Aboriginal inmate has died in a West Australian maximum security prison.

Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

After promising it would not incarcerate more people, the NT government has unveiled a plan to increase the number of jail beds over the next four years.

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