Prisons

One of South Australia's most notorious murderers was this week rushed to an infirmary on the brink of death, prompting recollections of the time when young males disappeared across Adelaide in a set of gruesome crimes dubbed "The Family" murders. Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.

The family and political allies of Pakistan's former prime minister say they've not been allowed to visit him in prison for weeks but authorities say he is well.

Two politicians allege NT children in youth detention are being moved from Alice Springs to Darwin without their families' knowledge.

A man whose correctional officer wife was "fair dinkum about helping people" leads more than 300 prison staff on a ride honouring the lives of colleagues who have died in New South Wales.

The fugitives broke out of the prison in the eastern city of Dijon in the early hours of Thrusday, local time, and 100 police officers are on their trail.

A NSW inmate who bashed four prison guards will serve extra jail time, after a judge quashed his non-custodial term on appeal, calling it "an affront to the administration of justice".

For most, the absence of youth detention from the headlines after years of chaos would have been an indication things were working well — but Monday's troubling disturbance shows just how much still needs to be done.

The ABC has heard of a five-year-old's distress at being unable to speak with her father in a Tasmanian prison. Workers say that lockdowns due to staff shortages are to blame.

WA's corrective services minister says three of the youths involved in last night's disturbance at Perth's juvenile detention centre have been moved to the notorious Unit 18, as he continued to take a hardline stance on youth detention. 

The ABC understands convicted child murderer Bevan Spencer von Einem has been taken to the Yatala infirmary in Adelaide where he only has a short time to live.

The family of a dying man asked for his records from Tasmania's only youth detention centre, Ashley. They were told it could take eight months — time he does not have.

The remaining three detainees who were on the roof of Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre come down, after a disturbance yesterday which saw at least six inmates scale the building.

in 2014, Morgan Geyser and an accomplice nearly stabbed a classmate to death and later told police they did so to earn the right to be Slender Man's servants.

The WA government pledges a further $147 million to fund the construction of a new youth detention centre in Perth to replace the notorious Unit 18.

The officials who manage the Northern Territory's prison system say a new framework will replace a "fragmented" rehabilitation model that was not based on evidence, as the department moves "from crisis to reform".

An independent report has revealed psychological injury claims made by WA prison officers have more than doubled since 2019, and now account for a quarter of all claims. 

Marlo Baragwanath warns the state government's crackdown on youth offenders will result in less humane treatment in detention centres.

With more than half of all inmates in the Northern Territory's largest prison on remand, legal experts are calling for more funding for legal services and courts to keep up with demand. 

The Inspector of Detention Services suggests separation rooms at youth detention centres — which have sometimes been found to lack basic amenities — are inhumane.

Children and young people at Adelaide's only youth detention centre are being held to the floor in a restraint technique that "may constitute a breach of human rights and clinical best practice", according to a report tabled in parliament.