Tag: Prisons and Punishment
DPP undecided on Ward charges
The state's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) says he is waiting for further information before deciding whether to lay charges over the death of an Aboriginal elder.[MORE]
Parolee housing plan 'admission of Govt failure'
The Member for Wagga Wagga has criticised planning for a controversial house for parolees.[MORE]
Prisoner pleads guilty to guard assault
An inmate at Hobart's Risdon Prison has pleaded guilty to an attack on a prison guard last year. [MORE]
Judge rejects move on prisoner voting rights
A retired Tasmanian judge has urged the Government to reject a Greens' policy on prisoner voting rights. [MORE]
Police nab escaped sex offender
NSW Police have arrested a convicted sex offender who ran off from his supervisor at Fairfield in Melbourne on Wednesday.[MORE]
Court jails man over child porn collection
A Ballarat man thought to have one of the biggest child pornography collections in Australia has been jailed.[MORE]
Prisoner found dead in cell
The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Brisbane's south-west is in lockdown after 27-year-old prisoner on remand for rape was found dead in his cell.[MORE]
Asylum boat crew transferred to Darwin
Twenty-two Indonesian crewman were flown from Christmas Island to Darwin last night but no asylum seekers have been brought to the mainland.[MORE]
LNP pushes for mandatory minimum jail terms
Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says mandatory minimum jail terms should be part of the legal system in Queensland.[MORE]
Government 'close' to new prison decision
The Northern Territory Corrections Minister says the Government is close to a decision on the location of a new prison in the Top End.[MORE]
Prisoner transport 'flawed': Legal Service
The Aboriginal Legal Service says it is horrified a man ended up in hospital after being transported through Perth in a prison van.[MORE]
Billions wasted on 'revolving door' jail system
Criminologists have slated the nature of Australia's prison system, saying billions of dollars are being poured into jails that fail to reform offenders and improve community safety. [MORE]
Prisoner found dead in Wolston Correctional Centre
A 42-year-old prisoner has been found dead in a Brisbane jail.[MORE]
Prison lockdown after guard assault
The maximum security unit at Hobart's Risdon Prison is in lockdown while police investigate the fourth assault on a prison guard in about a week. [MORE]
Investigation ordered into prisoner collapse
The Attorney General has criticised the Department of Corrective Services' handling of a prisoner who passed out in a prison van. [MORE]
Man jailed over Muswellbrook bashing
A Muswellbrook man will spend at least six months in jail for his role in a violent attack on a hearing impaired teenager in the town late last year.[MORE]
Prisoner passes out in the back of a prison van
The Department of Corrective Services says it acted immediately to revive a prisoner who passed out while being transported in the back of a prison van last Friday.[MORE]
Death in custody concerns
Police are being urged to release information about the death of a 33 year old man in the Perth watch house at the weekend.[MORE]
Police investigate death in custody
Police have begun an investigation into the death of a man at the Perth watch house.[MORE]
Diabetic dies in custody
Police say a 33 year old man who died in custody at the Perth Watch House was a diabetic.[MORE]
Jail accused of neglecting Indigenous inmates
Indigenous community members call for a full inquiry into a teenager's death, citing medical neglect and racial hatred within Queensland's prisons.[MORE]
Prisoners get drunk on vanilla essence
A number of inmates at the Ivanhoe jail in far west New South Wales were found drunk at the prison on Tuesday night after drinking vanilla essence.[MORE]
Court slams abalone poacher
New South Wales Fisheries has welcomed the two-month jail sentence handed down to a man for abalone poaching on the New South Wales far south coast.[MORE]
Venables case sparks fresh debate on child killers
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The British government is locked in a battle with the media for refusing to say why a notorious child killer has been sent back to jail, amid warnings he faces a lynch mob if his identity is revealed.[MORE]
Conman jailed after posing as spy
A Melbourne conman who pretended to be an ASIO agent to cheat a woman out of her life savings has been jailed for four and a half years.[MORE]
