Prisons
Youth detention workers strike, leaving skeleton crews on staff
Nearly all workers at Queensland’s three youth detention centres left their posts.
- Julius Dennis
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Prisoner on the run after fleeing brother’s Melbourne funeral
Minutes after carrying his brother’s coffin to its final resting place, 47-year-old Orijol Rukaj evaded police detection and went on the run.
- Isabel McMillan
Minister in crosshairs as damning report lays bare ‘systemic failure’ in WA prisons
The report draws parallels between the state of the current prison system and the conditions that led to the Greenough Regional Prison riot in 2018.
- Michael Philipps
- Exclusive
- Courts
Cigarettes, drugs and alcohol used to bribe teens into fights in youth detention, class action claims
The lawsuit also accuses dozens of guards at the Parkville youth correctional facility of unlawful strip searches and alleges detainees were subjected to beatings and sexual assaults.
- Cameron Houston
When she went to jail, Alisha’s baby was a newborn. Nothing prepared her for the struggle
Prison release is often thought of as freedom, but for some women, it can feel like a second punishment.
- Shona Hendley
Notorious wife killer Chris Dawson makes bid for interstate prison transfer
The 77-year-old will almost certainly die in prison. But the former rugby league player and school teacher wants a say in which one.
- Tiffiny Genders and Jack Gramenz
‘Banter’ or harbinger? Minister enters budget chat with a dark track
This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus details a funding funeral march, an extended search for an Ombudsman, a teacher’s new party, and more.
- Matt Dennien, Catherine Strohfeldt and Julius Dennis
The change to keep Baden-Clay behind bars for another decade
Gerard Baden-Clay murdered his wife Allison Baden-Clay in 2012. He is eligible for parole next year.
- Courtney Kruk
Prison union says new correction facility ‘needed 10 years ago’
According to a government spokesperson, a long-term custodial infrastructure plan is progressing, including the expansions of Acacia and Casuarina prisons.
- Michael Philipps
- Analysis
- Naked City
The second chance specialists offering prisoners a way out
After serving a sentence for fraud, a former inmate is providing female prisoners with support inside and hope on the outside.
- John Silvester