Prisons
WA’s notorious Unit 18 should close despite positive changes, review finds
There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention, a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.
- by Holly Thompson
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‘Matter of urgency’: Coroner calls for closure of WA youth prison unit
Coroner Philip Urquhart called for the justice department to be stripped of its role overseeing young people.
- by Aaron Bunch
Perspective
Juvenile justice
Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want
The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what victims of violent crime say is missing?
- by Courtney Kruk
Exclusive
Crime
Inside the fall of George Marrogi: Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks
Rivals have claimed a $10 million victory tax, while tormenting the once-powerful crime kingpin has become an underworld sport. Warning: Distressing content.
- by Chris Vedelago
Opinion
Drugs
As sure as gay marriage, private cannabis use will not be a crime
It won’t happen in this term of the NSW government, but reform is inevitable.
- by Stephen Lawrence
Damning watchdog report finds WA prisons ‘understaffed, overcrowded, breaching human rights standards’
A scathing report by WA’s prisons watchdog has found the state’s prisons are struggling under the weight of understaffing and overcrowding, with increasingly poor conditions that were breaching human rights standards.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’: The musical bringing joy to prisons
Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name, No Blankets wowed audiences at the big festivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Now it’s winning over the toughest crowd of all.
- by Karl Quinn
Tyson was 11 when he was first locked up. It took seven years to turn things around
Nobody in youth detention asked Tyson about his dreams - they asked about his court dates. Now he wants the prime minister to fix the system.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Fake it till she makes it’: Prison romance goes horribly wrong
Mother-of two Amber Clavell smuggled drugs to a convicted armed robber with whom she was in an intimate relationship.
- by Amber Schultz
‘Reintegrating people into society is a big part of this project’
Nev Jones and Richard Brooking have lived vastly different lives, but their projects for the 2024 Churchill Fellowship share a common goal.
- by Courtney Kruk
Infamous Sydney child killer stabbed to death in jail
Aymen Terkmani was serving a lengthy sentence for an attack deemed “brutal and horrific” by the judge, with injuries “too numerous to list and too gruesome to describe”.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Sally Rawsthorne
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