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Women in immigration detention put beside sex offenders

Women in immigration detention put beside sex offenders

Male sex offenders in Australian immigration detention centres are being housed next to vulnerable women, human rights inspectors have found.

Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

An inquest has been told an Indigenous palliative care patient died in custody after he spent 661 days awaiting trial for assault and theft.

Girl once accused of murder pleads to go outside

Girl once accused of murder pleads to go outside

Girl once accused of murder pleads to go outside

Girl once accused of murder pleads to go outside

A 13-year-old girl who had a murder charge against her struck out has pleaded with her lawyer to be allowed outside again, a court has been told.

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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.

Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog.

Deportation, travel ban and dogs in detention laws pass

Deportation, travel ban and dogs in detention laws pass

Three migration bills giving the government extensive powers to deport non-citizens and bar entry to Australia for some nationalities have passed the Senate.

Expansive migration laws to deport, ban entry imminent

Expansive migration laws to deport, ban entry imminent

A trio of migration bills with sweeping government powers is set to be passed after the coalition backed the amendments amid mounting criticisms of overreach.

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Youth detainees abused in care to share $75m settlement

Youth detainees abused in care to share $75m settlement

Youth detainees abused in care to share $75m settlement

Youth detainees abused in care to share $75m settlement

More than 100 former detainees at a notoriously troubled youth detention centre have had a $75 million payout approved for alleged abuses over 63 years.

More prison for inmate who attacked guard with racquet

More prison for inmate who attacked guard with racquet

More prison for inmate who attacked guard with racquet

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.

Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

Bali Nine have served 'more than enough time': advocate

A supporter of one of the Bali Nine drug smugglers says returning the group to Australia to be with loved ones will make a difference in their rehabilitation.

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

Bali Nine members could continue sentences in Australia

The remaining members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring are expected to continuing serving their sentences in Australia, a federal minister has confirmed.

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

A senate inquiry has been told more than 80,000 non-citizens could be removed from Australia under a Labor goverment bill.

Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Migration laws crackdown blasted by experts, advocates

Legal experts and advocates have lambasted the government's proposed migration bill changes as "constitutionally unsound" and "misguided", at a Senate inquiry.

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

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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Cruel twist as ankle bracelet strapped back on refugee

An ankle monitor removed from an Afghan refugee has been reattached by officials despite the High Court ruling such visa measures to be punitive.

Visa cancellations grow tenfold in last decade: study

Nearly 1000 people are held in Australia's immigration detention centres because of visa cancellation rates increasing by 10 times in the last 10 years.

Offshore detainees 20 times more at risk of trauma

Refugees detained offshore by Australia were 20 times more likely to develop PTSD compared with those detained onshore for less than six months, a study found.

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

Australia is pressing ahead with its hardline approach to former immigration detainees, seeking to pay third-party countries to take in members of the cohort.

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Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

The Northern Territory Government is close to opening a new youth detention facility as the region continues to battle overcrowding in jails.

'That's not a gun': accused murderer denied bail

A man accused of murder by providing a woman's alleged killer with a gun just before she was shot has sought bail claiming the case against him was weak.

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Australia's most notorious corrupt cop spent his final moments bedridden and lapsing in and out of consciousness, an inquest into his death has been told.

Wrongful detainee reveals agony of life in foreign jail

Former detainees wrongfully held overseas have opened up about being used by governments as "bargaining chips" and the lack of support when they arrive home.

'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.

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.

Political prisoners concerned by diplomacy red tape

Australians wrongfully detained oversees are decrying being freed only to fall through the cracks back home, citing lack of support for them and their families.

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