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Man to be sentenced a third time over child sex assault

Man to be sentenced a third time over child sex assault

A sex offender will be re-sentenced for a third time after the High Court reversed his appeal and found in favour of prosecutors.

Violence against women in immigration detention rife

Violence against women in immigration detention rife

Violence against women in immigration detention rife

Violence against women in immigration detention rife

Women in Australian immigration detention centres suffer multiple forms of violence at the hands of their partners, detainees and staff, research shows.

Remand numbers hit an all-time high in NSW prisons

Remand numbers hit an all-time high in NSW prisons

Remand numbers hit an all-time high in NSW prisons

Remand numbers hit an all-time high in NSW prisons

NSW has a record number of people being held in custody without sentence, while the overall number of prisoners has fallen.

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Risk reduction focus after two deaths at private prison

Risk reduction focus after two deaths at private prison

Two inmates have died at a NSW prison since the start of 2024, focusing attention on the removal of hanging points in jails in a bid to make prisons safer.

Indigenous prison inmate dies in custody

Indigenous prison inmate dies in custody

A 51-year-old Aboriginal inmate from West Australia's maximum security Hakea prison has died in hospital after a medical episode.

Prison staff watch on as Aboriginal man dies in custody

Prison staff watch on as Aboriginal man dies in custody

Prison staff watched an Aboriginal prisoner as he died and did not enter his cell for 17 minutes after be became unconscious, a coroner has been told.

Mum begged for help before Indigenous son's jail death

Mum begged for help before Indigenous son's jail death

An Indigenous man with a history of mental illness was taken off a waiting list for treatment just days before he died in prison, an inquest has heard.

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Renewed calls for reform after death of Veronica Nelson

Renewed calls for reform after death of Veronica Nelson

Renewed calls for reform after death of Veronica Nelson

Renewed calls for reform after death of Veronica Nelson

A year on from a coronial finding into the death of Veronica Nelson, the Victorian government has been accused of dragging its feet and urged to enact reform.

Prison officer faces custody for lying to ICAC

Prison officer faces custody for lying to ICAC

Prison officer faces custody for lying to ICAC

Prison officer faces custody for lying to ICAC

Brian McMurtrie will have to wait to hear his fate after admitting he gave false evidence to the NSW anti-corruption agency about a Lithgow prison assault.

Vic urged to follow UN safeguards in youth prisons

Vic urged to follow UN safeguards in youth prisons

Vic urged to follow UN safeguards in youth prisons

Vic urged to follow UN safeguards in youth prisons

Human rights and legal advocates have written an open letter to the Victorian government urging it to implement a UN safeguards in the state's youth prisons.

Crooked killer cop Roger Rogerson dying in hospital

Crooked killer cop Roger Rogerson dying in hospital

Crooked killer cop Roger Rogerson dying in hospital

Crooked killer cop Roger Rogerson dying in hospital

Australia's most notorious crooked cop has been taken from prison to a Sydney hospital, where he is receiving end-of-life care.

'No parole' declaration for double murderer, rapist

'No parole' declaration for double murderer, rapist

'No parole' declaration for double murderer, rapist

'No parole' declaration for double murderer, rapist

A man sentenced to life behind bars for raping and murdering two girls in 1995 cannot apply for parole until May 2032 following a Parole Board declaration.

Man acquitted of murder seeks $5.5 million from police

Man acquitted of murder seeks $5.5 million from police

Man acquitted of murder seeks $5.5 million from police

Man acquitted of murder seeks $5.5 million from police

A man acquitted of a murder for which he spent years in jail has filed a lawsuit claiming police detectives ignored evidence and engaged in misconduct.

Prisoners riot in NT, bed frames, fans used as weapons

Prisoners riot in NT, bed frames, fans used as weapons

Prisoners riot in NT, bed frames, fans used as weapons

Prisoners riot in NT, bed frames, fans used as weapons

Dozens of inmates have rioted in the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, using parts of beds and fans as weapons against guards.

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Prisoners hit the roof as mass jail breakout fails

More than a dozen inmates tore through a ceiling and attempted to escape a prison on Boxing Day before guards foiled their bid for freedom.

A grieving mother calls for an end to deaths in custody

On the eighth anniversary of her son David Dungay Jr's death in custody, Dunghutti woman Leetona Dungay has spoken at a protest outside Sydney's Long Bay jail.

UN committee report slams Australia's 'inhuman' prisons

Prisons and detention centres in Australia have been described as inhuman and degrading by a UN report that claims some cases may amount to torture.

Woman jailed for rape of girl, 14, with boyfriend

A judge has jailed a woman for more than four years for "cruel" sex offending with her then-boyfriend against a vulnerable 14-year-old girl in the 1990s.

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Calls for change after 40 people die in police custody

More than 100 people died in custody during 2022-23, including 17 who were shot, latest data shows.

Indigenous kids over-represented in juvenile detention

Indigenous kids are grossly over-represented in juvenile detention and while reducing the numbers is a Closing the Gap target, the figures are getting worse.

Serial rapist's sentence extended for terrifying attack

A rapist who attacked a woman in Victoria in the 1980s and moved to WA where he continued on a path of sexual violence has had four years added to his sentence.

Youth block of adult prison to shut after teen's death

A high-security youth wing at an adult prison where Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd recently fatally self-harmed will be closed and replaced.

Long wait for justice ends as singer's killer jailed

Paul Charlton has been sentenced to jail for the 2007 murder of girlfriend Joanne Howell in what the judge described as an extreme act of domestic violence.

Harmful and costly prisons 'failing to reduce crime'

South Australia's incarceration rate jumped by almost a third in the past decade, leading advocates to call for a rethink on the role of prisons in society.

Prisons boss rejects blame for ex-guard's sex crimes

A break-down in prison processes has been blamed for a former guard's persistent sexual abuse of female inmates at an inquiry into the crimes.

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