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Prison report confirms 'system is in crisis'
The latest report on Western Australia's Casuarina Prison reveals a system in cr...
Giovanni Torre 17 Jun 2026
Problems plaguing WA’s Casuarina Prison have ‘persisted and intensified’ – new report
Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its...
Giovanni Torre 16 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Families and Aboriginal Legal Service raise concerns over lockdowns at Hakea Prison
Eliana received a hurried phone call from her brother inside Hakea Prison in Per...
Natasha Clark 24 Feb 2026
Inspector backs Unit 18 closure — but warns Banksia Hill is not ready for it
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has warned he s...
Natasha Clark 28 Jan 2026
Inspector slams 'degraded' and 'unacceptable' Broome prison which 'fails to meet basic standards'
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has slammed Bro...
Giovanni Torre 21 Jan 2026
'Rehabilitation is simply not happening' - Inspector urges inquiry into 'unacceptable' WA prison

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has called for an inquiry into the "entirely unacceptable" conditions at Hakea Prison. On Tuesday Inspector Eamon Ryan released the report for the 2...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 22, 2025
Inspector's report on Pre-release Centre finds positives, but also shows need for independent Aboriginal justice body to guide reforms - expert

Western Australia's Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women has made progress and has positive elements, but there is still significant room for improvement, the state's Inspector of Custodial Services s...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 17, 2025
“Unprecedented population growth” in WA jails sees more Indigenous prisoners held off-Country, report reveals

WA's Inspector of Custodial Services has raised concerns about the "unprecedented population growth" in the state's prisons, which is putting increasing pressure on the system and seeing more Indigeno...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 20, 2025
System is failing people suffering acute mental health issues - WA prisons inspector warns

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...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 10, 2025
"Cruel, inhuman and degrading" conditions in Hakea Prison exposed in new report

"Cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment of inmates in WA's Hakea Prison has been exposed by a new report, sparking the establishment of a taskforce to tackle problems at the facility.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2025
WA prisons inspector shines light on "serious risk" to prisoners "subject to inhuman or degrading treatment"

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has released an Annual Report painting a grim picture of the state's prison system. Inspector Eamon Ryan's Annual Report 2023-24 highlighted consist...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 6, 2024
At least 18 attempted suicides in WA prisons in just 10 months were misclassified, new report reveals

In less than one year at least 18 attempted suicides in Western Australia's prisoners were misclassified as acts or threats of self-harm, the state's Inspector of Custodial Services found in a new rep...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 11, 2024
Inspector identifies staff shortages and overcrowding as ongoing problems at Eastern Goldfields prison

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison still struggles to attract and retain staff, which hinders the facility's ability to deliver services, the WA Inspector of Custodial Services warned in a new report...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 16, 2024
Prison Inspector calls for overhaul of WA juvenile detention system

WA's prisons inspector has joined a chorus of critics of the state's juvenile detention system calling for an urgent overhaul in the wake of footage showing footage of guards manhandling a suicidal 16...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 3, 2024
Staff and infrastructure shortfalls at Casuarina “undermining safety and security... ability to rehabilitate"

Chronic staff shortages, shortcomings in infrastructure and resources, and inadequate support capacity at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison is "undermining safety and security as well as the prison...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 23, 2023
WA government removes mental health expert tasked with Banksia Hill reforms

Former Mental Health Commissioner Tim Marney will not continue in his role leading reforms of Western Australia's trouble youth justice system, with his contract not renewed after six months in the po...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 3, 2023
"Every element of Banksia Hill was failing" - New report scathing of WA youth prison

Western Australia's only youth detention facility is in an "emergency" in which "every element" is failing, the state's Inspector of Custodial Services says in a report made public Thursday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 8, 2023
Review finds WA Department of Justice "often prematurely closed coronial recommendations" from death in custody inquests

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has released a major report on the state government's response to recommendations arising from coronial inquiries into deaths in custody, finding th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 17, 2023
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