Casuarina
Concerns have been raised about the welfare of people incarcerated in Perth's Casuarina Prison, with allegations prisoners are "in lockdowns 24/7".
An Aboriginal man has died in custody in Western Australia. The 51-year-old, who was incarcerated at Casuarina Prison, south of Perth, died in hospital on Wednesday morning.
A report from WA's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has found that crisis care units in the state's prisons are not meeting the needs of inmates who are suffering acute mental health issue...
A young Aboriginal man being held in Western Australia's Casuarina Prison has died in custody. The 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his prison cell on Monday morning.
The heartbroken mother of an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in youth detention says her son was locked in an inhumane, filthy concrete box as she calls for those responsible to be held to acc...
The mother of an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in youth detention is expected to address an inquest into his death ahead of the coroner releasing his provisional recommendations.
A 56-year-old Aboriginal man died in custody at Bethesda Hospital Thursday morning. The WA Department of Justice said the man, who was terminally ill, was transferred from Perth's Casuarina Prison to...
A leading Noongar human rights expert has urged the WA government to act now to address the overcrowding and poor conditions in the state's prisons.
Parliamentary questions from Greens MP Brad Pettitt have exposed a grim picture of overcrowding in Western Australia's prisons. Responses to inquiries from Dr Pettitt revealed 62 prisoners at Hakea&md...
An Aboriginal man has died in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison. The 46-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell overnight, officials said on Wednesday.
The lawyer for one of the highest-ranking officials in Western Australia's department of corrective services has made an application for the coroner in the inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd to...
Organisations have continued to criticise the Western Australian government's handling of youth justice in the state in the wake of the second child to die in custody in a year.
WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. The former superintendent of the juvenile detention centre in which Cleveland...
