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'Bursting': bail reform sparks detention centre fears

'Bursting': bail reform sparks detention centre fears

Bail reforms touted as the nation's strongest have raised concerns about how the new legislation will impact a state's strained youth detention centres.

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

Last-ditch intervention to scrap 'open air' prison laws

A First Peoples' treaty body is piling pressure on a state government to dump legislation that would curtail the right of prisoners to an hour of outdoor time.

Call for probe of Australian's death in Bali detention

Call for probe of Australian's death in Bali detention

Call for probe of Australian's death in Bali detention

Call for probe of Australian's death in Bali detention

The death of an Australian man who was being detained in a Bali immigration detention centre over alleged visa breaches has raised questions, his family says.

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State throws up shield after 'open air' prison ruling

State throws up shield after 'open air' prison ruling

A state is set to be shielded from legal challenges over inmates being deprived of access to open air under laws prompted by a high-profile case.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs given earlier prison release date

Sean 'Diddy' Combs given earlier prison release date

Disgraced US hip-hip mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been given a new date for his release from prison.

Prison escapee fled funeral after 'corrections failure'

Prison escapee fled funeral after 'corrections failure'

Police are appealing for help in tracking down an alleged drug importer with links to Albanian organised crime six weeks after he escaped custody.

Foreign minister sees red over Greens' Gaza questioning

Foreign minister sees red over Greens' Gaza questioning

A Senate hearing examining Australia's support for Palestine was twice shut down due to unruly exchanges between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the Greens.

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Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Just four days after being denied bail for driving his ute at police officers, a 67-year-old man has been found dead in custody.

'Jailing is failing': call for more diversion programs

'Jailing is failing': call for more diversion programs

'Jailing is failing': call for more diversion programs

'Jailing is failing': call for more diversion programs

Imprisonment of Aboriginal women is the highest on record with advocates saying the increase has been driven by remand rates reaching critical levels.

Australia's youngest murderer handed more jail time

Australia's youngest murderer handed more jail time

Australia's youngest murderer handed more jail time

Australia's youngest murderer handed more jail time

A man who has spent most of his life in prison is once again making a jail cell his home after breaching release orders and handling abuse material.

Relief as woman's brutal petrol attacker refused parole

Relief as woman's brutal petrol attacker refused parole

Relief as woman's brutal petrol attacker refused parole

Relief as woman's brutal petrol attacker refused parole

More than 20 years after the gruesome bashing of Lauren Huxley her family are relieved after her unrepentant attacker was denied parole.

'Atrocious incidents' known to detention centre bosses

'Atrocious incidents' known to detention centre bosses

'Atrocious incidents' known to detention centre bosses

'Atrocious incidents' known to detention centre bosses

The US company in charge of Villawood Detention Centre has been subject to management complaints, including regarding escapes, sexual assaults and fires.

'Concerning' proposal for troubled youth detention hub

'Concerning' proposal for troubled youth detention hub

'Concerning' proposal for troubled youth detention hub

'Concerning' proposal for troubled youth detention hub

A state government has proposed turning a youth detention centre, the subject of harrowing evidence at a child sexual abuse inquiry, into an adult prison.

'Absolute hell': emotional return for flotilla group

'Absolute hell': emotional return for flotilla group

'Absolute hell': emotional return for flotilla group

'Absolute hell': emotional return for flotilla group

A group of Australians who were detained by Israel after trying to deliver aid to Gaza have described harrowing experiences in custody as they arrived home.

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One-punch killer escapes further monitoring out of jail

While Kieran Loveridge will not be subject to extra monitoring at the end of his sentence for a one-punch killing, an attempt to suppress his identity failed.

Battered Aussie activists allege abuse in Israeli jail

Australian members of a global flotilla have made shocking allegations about their treatment in Israeli detention after being intercepted at gunpoint.

Notorious pedophile to be released from jail - for now

A pedophile ex-magistrate will be released on home detention but could still go back to prison if a court rules in favour of a bid to indefinitely detain him.

'Terrifying': families in the dark after Aussies held

The families of 11 Australians detained by Israel while they tried to deliver aid to Gaza have been kept in the dark about their wellbeing for over 12 hours.

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Zelenskiy rages at Russia after deadly strike in Kyiv

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy is urging more pressure on Russia to end the war as he visited the rubble of a building where a missile killed dozens of people.

Pleas for humanity in justice after teen dies in jail

A death in custody is sparking renewed calls for a government to change the way it deals with incarceration and to shed its "populist law and order agenda".

Pedophile ex-magistrate fights indefinite detention bid

A 2019 medical report finding a pedophile ex-magistrate was not unwilling to control his sexual urges means a fresh report is unnecessary, a court has heard.

'Blood on his hands': unions on prison contract renewal

Unions have accused a premier of betraying prison staff by renewing a private contract at a facility they claim is plagued by violence, understaffing and drugs.

The years behind bars that inspired Lei's stage show

Detained in Beijing for more than three years, Chinese born Australian journalist Cheng Lei is making a theatre show based on her experiences.

First 'ISIS bride' fails in court bid for freedom

One of the so-called "ISIS brides" who arrived from the Middle East has been denied bail on terrorism charges while two more wait to know their fate.

Immigration detainee denies killing news photographer

A freed immigration detainee will stand trial for murder and intentionally causing injury charges after he allegedly fatally assaulted a photographer.

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