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Indigenous woman Heather Calgaret's death in custody was preventable, Victorian Coroner finds
A coronial inquest has found Heather Calgaret's death in custody was likely the result of inappropri...
Jarred Cross
28 Jul 2025
Exclusive: Former inmates say self-harm, lockdowns, and lack of cultural safety rife in Victoria’s largest women's prison
Warning: This report discusses suicide, mental health, and abuse. If you or anyone you know is affec...
Exclusive: Anna went to prison with addiction and trauma - inside, there was no one who helped
Warning: This report discusses suicide, mental health, and abuse. If you or anyone you know is affec...
Inquest into Indigenous mother-of-three's death in custody set to examine access to parole
An inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman who died in Victoria's Sunshine Hospital whilst in...
While an Indigenous woman cried in pain, the prison's nurse watched a movie
While Veronica Nelson screamed out in pain and made distressing call after call for help, the only n...
Indigenous woman Heather Calgaret's death in custody was preventable, Victorian Coroner finds
A coronial inquest has found Heather Calgaret's death in custody was likely the...
Jarred Cross
28 Jul 2025
Exclusive: Former inmates say self-harm, lockdowns, and lack of cultural safety rife in Victoria’s largest women's prison
Warning: This report discusses suicide, mental health, and abuse. If you or anyo...
Dechlan Brennan
29 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Anna went to prison with addiction and trauma - inside, there was no one who helped
Warning: This report discusses suicide, mental health, and abuse. If you or anyo...
Dechlan Brennan
29 Apr 2025
Inquest into Indigenous mother-of-three's death in custody set to examine access to parole
An inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman who died in Victoria's Sunshine...
Dechlan Brennan
26 Apr 2024
While an Indigenous woman cried in pain, the prison's nurse watched a movie
While Veronica Nelson screamed out in pain and made distressing call after call...
Guest Author
13 May 2022
Comments made to a dying woman in a Melbourne prison cell were disgusting, says a supervisor who had already spoken to guards about how they speak to women.
An inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman suffering from a rare condition in a Victorian jail will probe the state's bail laws, healthcare and whether her Aboriginality was a factor in her deat...
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