Prison
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...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. An Aboriginal restorative justice service has called for ur...
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. The family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody in Ta...
Western Australia's prison system has "prolonged shortages" of non-custodial staff in the areas of health, mental health, rehabilitation, and reintegration which have caused delays in health assessmen...
A young Aboriginal man has died in Western Australia's Hakea prison. The man, aged 30, was found unresponsive just before 4pm on Friday. The WA Department of Justice said prison staff including medica...
A 38-year-old Aboriginal man has died in Hakea Prison in Western Australia. The man was found unresponsive in a single occupancy cell Wednesday night just after 10pm.
This report contains the name and image of a person who has died. Noongar man Darryl Patrick Riley died in custody, aged 52, on 30 July - two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.
A 52-year-old Aboriginal man died at Albany Health Campus in the early hours of Wednesday morning, having been transferred from Albany Regional Prison to the hospital.