Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 14
September 2025
ISSUE NO. 14
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Sections
September 2025

News and Investigations

Each edition contains news articles and investigative pieces. These are topical stories that are usually about prisons and criminal justice.

We also summarise the latest criminal justice news around the country.

Latest
‘Navigating a Minefield’: The Mental Health Crisis in Australia’s Prisons
By Denham Sadler

It’s estimated that about a third of all people in prison in Australia have a mental health diagnosis. Despite the huge need for support and care, a lack of staffing across the country has meant that many people in prison have been unable to get help.

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3 MIN READ
Rethinking Risk Assessments in Prison Settings
What are risk assessments, and how do they work?
Stacey Stokes interviews Emma Russell

When an individual is assigned a risk classification of low, medium, or high risk by corrections, they have been given this classification through a risk assessment.

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3 MIN READ
Willy Pleasance
Around the Country – August 2025
By About Time

Including WA Federal Government raising concerns with criminal justice reforms, SA prison placement guidelines reviewed, child incarceration rates increasing in NSW and more.

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6 MIN READ
Ethan Cassidy
Heather Calgaret Inquest: Her Life Was Precious and Her Passing Was Preventable
This is a shortened version of a media release from Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), originally published on the day of the inquest findings

Heather Calgaret was a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman.

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4 MIN READ
The Calgaret family outside the Coroner’s Court of Victoria
The Dark Side of Gains
By Ronin Cruise

Australian men are bulking up at alarming rates. But there’s a toxic truth beneath it all: steroid use.

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2 MIN READ
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Archive

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Around the Country – June 2024

By About Time

The latest criminal news from around the country, including new laws to combat ‘deepfake’ pornography, a landmark report on the CLC industry, and a review of First Nations over-incarceration.

7 MIN READ

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July 2024

Report on the Inquest of Heather Calgaret

By About Time

Heather Calgaret was a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman. She is remembered as a loving and smiling ‘mother hen’ who was a rock to her family and who loved and connected with her culture through her kids and art.

3 MIN READ

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July 2024

‘It Saved My Life’: The Programs Helping People in Prison Care for Dogs

By Denham Sadler

There is no doubt in Hayley’s mind about the importance of the program that allowed her to care for and train a dog while in prison. “It saved my life,” she says. 

5 MIN READ
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