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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
New report: WA prisons' stark growth and limited program access undermines safety and rehabiliation
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has warned the massive incre...
Giovanni Torre 11 Nov 2025
'Prolonged shortages' of key staff 'compromise wellbeing and rehabilitation' in WA prisons, new report reveals
Western Australia's prison system has "prolonged shortages" of non-custodial sta...
Giovanni Torre 21 Oct 2025
'Rehabilitation is simply not happening' - Inspector urges inquiry into 'unacceptable' WA prison
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has called for an inquiry in...
Giovanni Torre 22 Jul 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
WA prison system failing people with intellectual disabilities, new report reveals

A new report by WA's Inspector of Custodial Services has found people with intellectual disabilities who enter custody in Western Australia not being identified, adequately catered for or supported.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 23, 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
Inquest set to begin into death in custody of 22 year-old Noongar man Ricky-Lee Cound

More than two years after his death in custody, an inquest will begin on Monday into the passing of Ricky-Lee Cound. The Noongar man was only 22 years old when he died in Hakea Prison in Western Austr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 3, 2024
"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
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