Hakea Prison
"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.
This report contains the name and image of a person who has died. Three years after the death in custody of 22-year-old Noongar man Ricky Lee Cound, inquest findings have brought no closure for his fa...
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.
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...
Dozens of protestors gathered outside WA's Hakea Prison on Monday to raise concerns about conditions in the facility in the wake of a death in the prison last week.
An Aboriginal man has died in custody in Western Australia. The 51-year-old was taken from Hakea Prison to Fiona Stanley Hospital on 1 February for treatment following a medical episode.
This report contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. A 41-year-old man who died in prison in Western Australia last week asked for his heart medication before his death, advocates and f...
Amnesty International Australia has expressed sorrow and anger following the death of a 41-year old Indigenous man remanded in custody in Hakea Prison, Western Australia.
An Indigenous man has died in custody at Western Australia's Hakea Prison. The 41-year-old was found unresponsive in his cell after being found by prison staff on Monday morning.
A smoking ceremony has been approved on Hakea Prison grounds for an Indigenous man who died whilst incarcerated last year. The family of Ricky Lee Cound, 22, who passed away in Hakea Prison on 25 Mar...
The Western Australian government indicated it will continue to keep children in a stand-alone unit at a maximum security adult prison, despite flagging it as short term almost one year ago, on the sa...
The mum of a young Aboriginal man who died in a Perth prison on Friday begged to help him due to welfare concerns weeks before he was found dead in his cell.
The family of a young Noongar man who died in Hakea Prison was not allowed to hold a vigil for him near the prison on Thursday evening, despite receiving approval from authorities three weeks earlier.