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Security cameras at northern Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre were offline during a "critical incident" just days after the facility was set on fire, right to information laws have re...
New data has prompted the head of an Indigenous justice service to accuse the Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people. Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service CEO, Jake Smith, said new adult pris...
Artists, musicians and designers from across the East Kimberley are set to take centre stage at a new cultural event debuting at this year's Ord Valley Muster in Kununurra.
Tasmania's Aboriginal Legal Service has reaffirmed its opposition to the state's treatment of children in the justice system after the Tasmanian government released a consultation document for its new...
The safety of detainees at Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (AYDC) — as well as that of its staff — is in question following a tumultuous period at the troubled facility.
Canberra Capitals coach Paul Goriss has slammed the WNBL's treatment of Zitina Aokuso, which he described as "ridiculous" and "crazy". Aokuso, Canberra's captain and powerhouse 194cm centre, was held...
A United Nations review of Australia's human rights compliance has heavily criticised Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (Ashley), the facility labelled an especially serious example of...
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.
Revelations security staff at a Tasmanian youth detention centre used a young person's t-shirt to create an improvised spit hood have sparked an outcry from Aboriginal legal and advocacy groups.
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says the Office of the Custodial Inspector's Annual Report exposes "a continuing failure by the Tasmanian Government" to provide humane and culturally safe condi...
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...
An Aboriginal woman has died in custody in Tasmania, the state's prison director has confirmed. The prisoner, reported to have been on remand, died on Monday, with no further details of the incident s...