Latest prisons News

Greens secure changes to close police cell ‘decanting’ loophole
Labor must dump cruel prison bill, as Gellung Warl makes historic intervention
CPSU Rejects NT Govt Plan To Privatise Prison
Senate inquiry an opportunity to renew national focus on hepatitis C testing and treatment
Yatala Labour Prison Searched
Respect for human rights key to resolving multiple crises in Cambodia: UN expert
Justice Policy Must Be Led By Evidence, Not Politics
Supreme Court Confirms It: Stating Biological Fact Is “Unlawful Vilification” In NSW
Lyle Shelton says Alex Greenwich broke his same-sex marriage vows
There must be truth and accountability for prison violence: Sri Lanka
Greens say Labor failing people in crisis as drug and alcohol treatment waitlist explodes
Drugs Seized Outside Riverland Prison
Global Partnership Empowering Women At Bandyup
Age No Barrier For 80-year-old Prison Chaplain
FAMILY FIRST DRAWS THE LINE: WOMEN’S SPORT AND WOMEN’S SPACES ARE FOR WOMEN
Greens introduce ‘decanting’ laws calling for action for dangerously overflowing police cells
Calls for Government to scrap family violence agency cuts
Alison Penfold fighting to protect women in Sex Discrimination Act
Foreign Minister Wong orders ambassador called in over Israeli minister’s ‘shocking’ video
Sexual violence prevention organisation to close after Govt pulls funding
UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention: France
France risks undermining Kanak Indigenous People’s self-determination in New Caledonia, UN committee warns
VICTORIAN GREENS SECURE URGENT FUNDING TO UPGRADE TOILETS AT SPENSLEY STREET PRIMARY 
Liberals’ weak prison stance not good enough — no men belong in women’s prisons: Foreman
Prisons no longer able to surveil conversations between incarcerated people and lawyers
Victoria’s Tough Bail Laws In Full Effect
NSW prison reforms pave way for a safer, modern system that responds to growing demands
Malinauskas can’t hide after Victorian backflip on men in women’s prisons
Police and Detector Dog Championships: Expert dog teams thrive in competition
GREENS CALL FOR HARMFUL POLICE CELL ‘DECANTING’ TO END WARNING OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN CUSTODY
The Victorian Government’s bail reforms are creating unsafe and unacceptable conditions
Luxon chooses to punish the homeless after making more people homeless
Premier must resign over LATEST prison gender scandal revelations: Foreman
Malinauskas must act now — women’s prison safety is not a “niche issue”
From the Commissioner: Dont miss the boat on new seafood labelling rules
Labour’s Competing Stories On Te Pati Māori
UN torture prevention experts recognise progress, but urge strengthening of torture prevention measures: Mexico
Premier must resign after female prisoner sexually assaulted by biological male
Carinity chaplains dedicated to supporting those in prison
How Music Galvanized Fight For Civil Rights
UN experts on arbitrary detention to visit Australia
Battin & Southwick: Data exposes scale of Jacinta Allan’s crime crisis
Life-changing prison exchange program up for national innovation prize
Prison education exchange program up for national innovation prize
WA Coroner Appointed As New Magistrate
Union Demands Urgent Action After Adelaide Women’s Prison Assault
Dear Mali, Women’s Safety Is Not fringe Issue
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit Second Time: Mozambique