Latest prisons News

Police Arrest Woman In Prison Buffer Zone
UN torture prevention body to visit Albania
Reducing the impact of tobacco use on patients in custody and forensic hospital settings
Premier Allan must raise the age to 14, not cave to pressure
Somalia: Red Cross begins Ramadan food deliveries for detainees
UN Torture prevention body to re-visit Gabon
Greens call for immediate resignation of top Corrections officers in light of damning Astill report released today
Making Prison Chance To Get Healthy
Inspector tables damning report on Metropolitan Prison days after death in custody
Māori face significant harm from axing govt funding of background reports
Another death in custody at Parklea Correctional Centre
Youth justice system continues to fail young Tasmanians 31 January 2024
UN experts: Iraq must immediately stop mass, unannounced executions
CEO’s Message January 2024
Organ donors have heart for Carinity Wishart Gardens
Carinity’s prison ministry supporting people inside for 50 years
Independent Ministerial Advisory Council to give victims a voice
Victorian Government still has no plan for survival of 1,500 threatened species
AFP helps Samoan police patrol go mobile
Correction centres returning to public hands a welcome step towards rehabilitative justice
Oxfam Australia welcomes ACT legislation to raise the age
New correctional officers, GP dogs join front line
Prison officers accept wages offer
Prison education program could help students work towards degree
2022 Human Rights Oration by Larissa Behrendt
Labour’s prison U-turn comes six years too late
NSW Budget a solid advance for essential workers
Australian-First Aboriginal Healing Unit In Prison Opens
PSA Corrections workers overwhelmingly reject settlement offer
Graduates set to embark on new career with Tasmania Prison Service
Arrests after attempts made to introduce drugs into prison
Te Pae Oranga partnership welcomed in Tāmaki
Real test of bail reform will be reduction in unsentenced prisoners, deaths in custody
Man arrested over attempt to introduce drugs into prison
Croatia’s detention facilities in spotlight as UN torture prevention body concludes visit
Police bust drone drug traffickers
Greens hit back at Premier’s comments, push for public and affordable homes in planning reforms
NAIDOC Week 2023: Empowering Yarra’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
UN torture prevention body to visit Croatia
UN experts: Belarus must release all detainees held on political grounds and protect their rights
Sue Higginson to move motion in Parliament calling for the release of Kathleen Folbigg
Huge contraband haul at Australia’s biggest remand prison
Mixed budget for Victorians without homes
Victorian Government spends more on prisons than public housing
UN torture prevention body to conduct first visit to Madagascar
Kazakhstan needs to strengthen effective torture prevention measures, UN torture prevention body finds
Corrections staff vote to walk off the job after nine months of bargaining
Mass arrivals legislation breach of NZ’s values