Prisons and Punishment

Jie Shao was jailed six years after the death of 35-year-old Jean Huang, who underwent a banned breast augmentation procedure in Sydney.

An Adelaide man who has spent four decades in jail for a murder he maintains he never committed has been released on parole.

An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to a drug conviction, with a last-minute appeal rejected by the Federal Court.

More than 3,000 prisoners have already been released on parole and assigned to military units, as the country fights a crippling soldier shortage in its ongoing war against Russia.

In findings delivered on Monday, Coroner David Ryan identifies numerous failures in the lead-up to the death of 32-year-old Josh Kerr at Port Phillip Prison on August 10, 2022.

While we have no idea how Julian Assange is coping from being cooped up inside for so long with few visitors, we do know that isolation can have a severe negative impact on many people.

The teens — who cannot legally be identified — were originally charged with the attempted murder of Mr Kefu, his wife Rachel Kefu and their two adult children in August 2021.

An independent report into West Kimberley Regional Prison has found staff shortages, crowding and inequity for female prisoners has had a significant impact on its operations.

Two Victorian jails, including the notorious Port Phillip Prison, are set to close with a new prison opening near Geelong.

Australia is known for strict gun laws implemented after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, but states and territories still have different ways of treating gun ownership. Here's a guide.

Tasmanians who were abused as children in the notorious Ashley youth detention centre reach an in-principle agreement to settle their class action with the state government.

Julian Saginario, who pleaded guilty to running onto Adelaide Oval during a match between the Adelaide Crows and Geelong Cats, has been fined $1,080 in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.

More than three decades after Jack Karlson's infamous arrest at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane captured the nation, a film crew is setting out to document his life.

Shannara Cindy Dyball, 26, defrauded a Queensland container refund company of about $95,500, under the noses of her bosses for almost a year, the District Court in Toowoomba has heard.

A report from the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has revealed declining satisfaction among both inmates and staff at Bunbury Regional Prison, and called for a review of its management, infrastructure and mental health services.

A career firefighter with experience in "structural and cultural" change is chosen to oversee Western Australia's troubled youth justice system.

Beechworth prison in Victoria is helping take pressure off overwhelmed local wildlife shelters, by taking in more than 100 injured animals.

A regional Victorian prison program training inmates to rehabilitate injured native wildlife is giving more than just the animals a second chance.

The lawyer who represented the family of the last Aboriginal death at Port Lincoln Prison 21 years ago says he is concerned SA jail cells have not been made safe despite multiple recommendations in the past.

Tobias Sahlstorfer has been jailed for at least 23 years for the "tragic, brutal and totally unnecessary" bashing murder of Mark Boyce in January 2017.

Corrective Services Minister Nikki Boyd said she received advice there were "some administrative errors in some appointments made by Parole Board Queensland".

The Queensland government has rushed law changes through parliament to fix an administrative bungle involving the state's parole board, which could have seen some decisions "invalidated".

Jarryd Hayne is picked up from prison after he was released from custody.

The NT coroner finds Aboriginal man Mr Dooley, who died in custody in 2022, may have been experiencing the effects of a mini heart attack for up to two days before an ambulance was called to the Darwin prison.

A "very frail" accused wife killer has applied for bail citing resourcing pressure because he is being kept under guard in hospital – while the victim's family members say they are "still devastated" and grappling with their grief.