News and Investigations

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.

Including major legal groups calling out ongoing prison lockdowns in TAS, a violent incident at Yatala in SA, funding for women's programs in NSW and more.

The state government introduced legislation to Parliament last week that allows for people in prison’s legal right of one hour in the open air every day to be limited due to a range of reasons.

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Staff at a Canberra prison pepper sprayed a First Nations inmate who was self-harming and then handcuffed and strip searched her, an investigation has found.

New informal voting data reveals there is still a long way to go to ensure the prison population is provided with proper information and education.

Nearly one in three people incarcerated in Queensland are eligible for parole but yet to be released, a new report has found.

In April 2025, The Alternative First Responder campaign officially launched in Australia, calling for alternative first responses to police that centre care and dignity.

A judge in Victoria has ruled that a lack of stable housing in the community shouldn’t be used as a reason to deny someone bail, particularly when it involves a First Nations person.