Prison
The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has urged every federal parliamentarian to support Senator Lidia Thorpe's Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During...
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has raised concerns about the disadvantages faced by women, as well as ageing infrastructure and population growth, in Roebourne Regional Prison.
The latest report on Western Australia's Casuarina Prison reveals a system in crisis, advocates say. Key points: The latest Inspector of Custodial Services report found Casuarina Prison is overcrowde...
Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its latest inspection report on Casuarina Prison, identifying ongoing and increasing pressures at the state's largest corre...
Warning: This article contains content that may be distressing to some readers, including descriptions of self-harm and suicidal ideation. An Aboriginal woman with a history of trauma and mental healt...
An Indigenous man has died while in custody at Western Australia's Casuarina Prison. The Department of Justice Western Australia said the 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday...
When Tiffany St Clair first entered the NSW prison system on remand she was told by a guard to "treat it as a holiday" and "sleep through it".
Two diphtheria cases have been linked to West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby over the past two months, as health authorities grapple with an outbreak affecting parts of regional Western Australia.
Agencies overseeing prisoners in New South Wales have failed to implement formal partnerships, shared decision-making and a healing framework, despite these measures being required under Closing the G...
Eliana received a hurried phone call from her brother inside Hakea Prison in Perth — Western Australia's largest remand facility — on Monday, February 16.
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has slammed Broome Regional Prison as "unfit for purpose", noting "unacceptable conditions that fail to meet basic standards" at the fa...
Two young Indigenous people have been transferred from youth detention to an adult prison facility in Tasmania, with concerns raised by the state's Aboriginal legal service.
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has warned the massive increase in the state's prisoner population, understaffing and limited program access is undermining safety and security and...