Prisons
‘They serve a sentence too’: Victoria urged to help prisoners’ kids
Advocates have slammed the government’s two-page response to inquiries calling to help Victoria’s “invisible” population of children with parents in jail.
- by Kieran Rooney
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First cats took over this prison. Then they stole its prisoners’ hearts
Chilean prison officials realised, after decades ignoring them, that the feline residents were not only good for the rat problem: they were also good for the inmates.
- by Jack Nicas
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Perth
‘Hell in a cell’: Violence inside WA’s Unit 18 youth prison revealed
Detained children are attacking officers with make-shift blades, metal plates and planks of wood as frightening new details emerge about WA’s youth justice system.
- by Michael Genovese
Aboriginal man dies in Perth prison infirmary cell
An Aboriginal man has died at a prison in Western Australia.
- by Dominic Giannini and Heather McNeill
The Christmas push to end gravy train of exorbitant prison phone calls
Calls from public phones are free, but in Australian prisons they are prohibitively expensive, costing some prisoners almost their entire week’s wage on a single phone call.
- by Bianca Hall
High seize: The battle of wits to stop drugs slipping into our jails
While many things have changed over the years inside prisons, one thing remains constant. Some inmates want the next hit, and others want to profit.
- by Cloe Read
WA Justice boss quits in wake of Unit 18 death in custody
Tomison’s departure is the second major change to corrective services top brass in the state in three months after the Corrective Services Commissioner Mike Reynolds was booted in October.
- by Hamish Hastie
Perth mother, jailed for killing her toddler 13 years ago, denied parole again
Gemma Gaye Killeen was 23 years old when she was locked up for murdering her 22-month-old son. Last month the parole board decided she was still not ready to go free.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Unit 18 to remain open for years as Cleveland Dodd’s family prepare for his burial
The day before Cleveland is to be laid to rest in Meekatharra the state government announced a $1 million business case for a new facility would be completed before the May 2024 budget.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Harassment
‘Decapitated puppy on the doorstep’: WA prison guard alleges harassment, then retaliation
She described the culture among many staff members at Bunbury Regional Prison as hostile and claims she was repeatedly subjected to bullying and unwanted advances during her two-year stint as a prison guard.
- by Michael Genovese
Kiwi ‘caveman’ returns to nature after six month prison stint
He first became famous for living in a cave and eating cannabis pizzas, but then New Zealand’s Little John hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
- by Hamish McNeilly