Including smoking being banned in WA prisons, a death in custody at Mary Hutchinson in TAS, a painkiller trial hailed as a success in QLD and more.

Nothing warms my heart more than the selflessness of good people doing good deeds for our sisters and brothers in prison.

Every year in early December, a group of volunteers come together to pack a hamper for every woman in prison in Victoria.

The NSW Government has moved to make it easier to find incarcerated people guilty of a “prison offence”, against the advice of independent experts.

First Nations people and those of African descent are far more likely to be searched by Victoria Police and have force used against them, a new report by a community volunteer group has found.

A man on remand at a privately-run prison in Victoria was “punched in the face” by a supervisor and then blocked from accessing a medical appointment, the state Ombudsman has found.

The Sentencing Advisory Council report tracks the prison population in Victoria from 2004 to 2024, finding that it grew by 62 per cent in this time, far more than the less than 40 per cent increase in the general population of the state.

Is the NT walking into a more criminalised and less safe future?

A certain song at the right moment can anchor someone to memories, to hope or simply to themselves.

Including the criminal age of responsibility rising to 12 in VIC, prison whistleblower protections proposed for TAS, the bar being lowered to prove prison misconduct in NSW and more.