Prisons
Hakea prisoners take WA government to court over ‘inhumane living conditions’
The State of Western Australia, the chief executive of the Department of Justice and the superintendent of Hakea Prison have been named as defendants in the legal action.
- Michael Philipps
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Papalia confirms WA government eyeing Bullsbrook white elephant to ease prison pressure
The corrective services minister is grappling with an extraordinary increase in the WA prison population, with remand facilities like Hakea having to triple-bunk inmates.
- Hamish Hastie
Notorious child killer rushed to hospital after prison bashing
The Melbourne father who threw his four-year-old daughter off the West Gate Bridge was assaulted in prison on Wednesday.
- Isabel McMillan
Inside Ben Roberts-Smith’s harsh Sydney prison
The former soldier has been designated a high-profile protection inmate, but still faces a very different existence behind bars.
- Bevan Shields
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- Crime
Ivan Milat was Australia’s most notorious serial killer. Toni wrote him a letter
An inquiry is set to examine a string of unsolved murders and missing persons, many linked to Milat. One woman tells of her correspondence with him.
- Perry Duffin
- Exclusive
- Domestic violence
Behind bars: Inside the prison filled with Sydney’s violent men
In movies and TV shows, prisons are the setting for crooks to serve out lengthy sentences. But in Sydney, a different story is playing out.
- Bevan Shields
- Exclusive
- Courts
Police ordered to move accused from cells after ‘unlawful’ 24-day detainment
The Supreme Court issued the order after hearing a man languished in police cells for almost twice as long as legally permitted because no beds were available in remand facilities.
- Erin Pearson
‘Multiple failures’: Urgent review after triple killer found living with foster children
The NSW state government has ordered an urgent review after a convicted triple killer was found living with foster children – despite the department being informed in December.
- Jessica McSweeney
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- NSW State Parliament
‘Around the Christmas table’: The premier, his brother and the five-day prison policy backflip
The premier says his brother tells him “exactly what’s going on” about corrective services. Jim Minns says the pair never talk about work.
- Max Maddison
Good Samaritan killed at train station remembered as hero with a kind soul
Aidan Becker was killed while intervening as a group allegedly tried to rob a schoolboy, police say. His friends remembered him as kind and optimistic.
- Angus Delaney and Marta Pascual Juanola