On an average night, there are about 900 children in youth detention around the country.

Welcome to Coronial Corner, where we chat the coroners’ courts and what they say about preventable deaths in custody and the broader system.

Including a Corrections Minister stepping down in WA, inmates helping raise orphaned lambs in NSW, mandatory sentencing for gun theft in TAS and more.

In prison, time is both punishment and currency. It is counted in courtrooms, crossed off calendars and measured against the possibility of release.

In nearly every Australian state and territory, there are thousands of people facing prison time due to unpaid fines.

I am so proud that I get to welcome our NT people in prison to your very first issue of About Time! This is your newspaper, so please write in and send pictures, stories, poems and whatever else fits. 

Long wait times to access rehabilitation and wellness programs and a lack of even basic pre-release support is contributing to high recidivism rates in Queensland, the state’s Auditor-General has found.

A successful Australia-first drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in a WA prison will soon shut down due to overcrowding.

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Western Australia’s prison system is “nearing functional collapse”, with continual lockdowns, people sleeping on mattresses and a significant increase in violent incidents, an independent inspector has found.

People in prisons continue to face preventable harm due to poor healthcare.