On February 3, 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last person to be executed in Australia when he was hanged at Pentridge Prison, ...

Nationally, our per capita imprisonment rate outpaces Canada, the United Kingdom and all of Western Europe. Annual operating ...

Mohammad al-Halabi was released on Saturday, one of 183 Palestinian prisoners or detainees granted their freedom in exchange ...

Abd el-Fattah, a software developer and blogger who rose to prominence as an activist in the 2011 Arab Spring, was jailed for ...

A former soldier who drugged and raped multiple women he met over social media dating apps has been handed one of the harshest prison terms in Western Australia for his depraved acts after being found ...

In a freezing winter, Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun told Australian officials he could not afford a jumper and had ...

Sam Abdulrahim’s larger-than-life reputation for ferocity was put to the test when he was confronted in prison by the man ...

Independent NT politician Yiŋiya Guyula has requested the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous ...

A South Australian man who moved to Casterton after being released from prison has committed burglaries and thefts and now ...

Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without ...