Specialist mental health team excluded from decisions on shared prison cells for mentally ill prisoners
Rob Fitzpatrick died at Auckland’s Mt Eden Corrections Facility. Photo / Annaleise Shortland. The review investigated the circumstances…
Ex-MLB pitcher Dan Serafini sentenced to life in prison for murder
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole…
Newcastle man avoids jail for child abuse images and bestiality videos
A man has avoided time behind bars for possessing 34,000 child abuse images and more than a dozen…
Dimitri D’Elio, Kylie Stott jailed for Christmas Eve killing of Charlie Gander in Bunbartha, Victoria
Two people have been sentenced to a combined 36 years’ jail over the Christmas Eve killing of 19-year-old…
Scathing report finds Kimberley prisoners sleeping on floor, in cockroach-infested cells
When Western Australia’s prison watchdog first inspected a prison in the state’s far north in 2001, it warned…
Sydney Aboriginal inmate’s connection to country stays strong through art
Sydney’s Long Bay Correctional Complex is far away from home for Aboriginal man John, but while he serves…
Mental health treatment a growing concern in Illinois jails
Despite repeated warnings from medical professionals, staff at the Sangamon County Jail placed 27-year-old Tiffany Rusher — who…
Ex-CIA agent Aldrich Ames who sold US secrets to the Soviets dies in prison at 84
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of…
Low-income adults and children in jail denied lawyers over Christmas
Low-income adults and children in Northern Territory jails could be denied access to lawyers over Christmas and New…
State mental health cuts trigger emergency response in East Idaho | Freeaccess
POCATELLO — Local officials are mobilizing emergency response plans as Idaho’s elimination of specialized mental health programs takes…
United Nations delegation warns of Australia’s treatment of prisoners, detainees and breach in human rights
A delegation of United Nations inspectors has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia’s treatment of prisoners and other…
Melbourne lawyer Dean Hadjina sentenced to prison for stealing from grieving widow
A former Melbourne lawyer caught stealing from a grieving widow who was his client has been sentenced to…