June 20, 2019 Australia: Sydney PC assembler using prison labour News Oceania Australia An unidentified PC assembly company is using inmates at a Sydney prison to build some of its products.
June 20, 2019 Australia: "I just need it to end" Testimonial Oceania Australia Ralph is a British citizen detained in a prison farm, in Kernet. He has been incarcerated for more than six years and is about to be released. He tells Prison Insider how a regular day goes by in prison.
June 17, 2019 Australia: Aboriginal man dies in custody days after jail was told he was suicidal News Oceania Suicide Australia An Aboriginal man has died in a Western Australian prison just days after his mother reportedly called the jail to warn that he was suicidal.
June 13, 2019 Australia: Canberra's prison applied dress standards to visitors which could breach the Discrimination Act News Oceania Social ties Australia The ACT Human Rights Commission is seeking clarification about the dress standards imposed on visitors at Canberra’s jail which included a ban on swimsuits, tight-fitting clothing and skirts shorter than mid-thigh.
May 16, 2019 Australia: babies and toddlers are living with their mums in prison, we need to look after them better News Oceania Australia Women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever in Australia. Our tough sentencing policies sent women to prison at twice the rate of England and Wales in 2018.
April 28, 2019 New Zealand: $1 million spent on slushy machines for prison guards News Asia Oceania New Zealand More than $1 million of taxpayer money has been spent on 193 slushy machines in a bid to keep prison guards cool over summer.
April 24, 2019 New Zealand: prison population tips over 10,000 again, but still 1500 below forecast News Oceania New Zealand The prison muster has tipped over 10,000 again, but the declining trend has Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis looking to phase out double bunking and retiring “cramped horrible cells”. The current prison population, considered to be at crisis level a year ago, was at 10,039 last week - 300 higher t…
March 1, 2019 New Zealand: prison drugs, contraband vary in South News Oceania Drugs New Zealand The latest figures for prison contraband and drug testing have revealed a mixed picture in the South.
February 13, 2019 New Zealand: how sport in prison could help stop reoffending News Oceania New Zealand A sports programme which is being piloted in New Zealand prisons aims for a reduction in reoffending. Not only does physical activity help prisoners with their wellbeing and mental health, but it could help them into employment, according to UK Professor of Criminological Psychology Rosie Meek. “Sp…
January 28, 2019 New Zealand: ICRC hands over prison support programme to ZPCS News Oceania New Zealand The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) last week handed over its decade-long prison support programme aimed at improving prison management, infrastructure rehabilitation, food supply chain management and treatment of detained mental health patients, to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correcti…
January 5, 2019 New Zealand: peace above punishment, how restorative justice works for offenders and victims News Oceania New Zealand Punishment has long been integral to Kiwis’ sense of justice. But those pursuing restorative remedies are finding more empowerment in healing than punitive action, writes Alex Loo.
December 31, 2018 Australia: call for air-conditioners in 'inhumane' cells after outback heatwave triggers prison riot News Oceania Material conditions Australia Prisoners forced to live in cells during a scorching Red Centre heatwave should be allowed access to air-conditioning as a human right, a Territory union leader says.
December 20, 2018 Australia: why are our prisons full of domestic violence victims? News Oceania Violence Australia The number of women in prison is continuing to soar, new data shows. But advocates warn we can’t arrest the increase until we start properly addressing domestic abuse, which affects an overwhelming majority of women behind bars.
December 15, 2018 Australia: Marie Triller, la prison de Fremantle News Oceania Australia This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
December 14, 2018 Australia: Queensland prison guards giving inmates drugs and weapons, damning report finds News Oceania Drugs Australia Watchdog says systems meant to detect and deal with corruption are not working. A damning new report shows corruption is alive and well in Queensland’s prison system, with guards hooking up with inmates and supplying them with booze, drugs and even weapons.
December 12, 2018 United States: report condemns australian prison for forcing woman to give birth alone in cell News Oceania United States Sometime around 6:30 p.m. on March 11, a pregnant woman locked in an Australian maximum security prison cell began crying out for help. For more than an hour she wailed in pain, pleading for someone to intervene. She was 36 weeks pregnant and the child was about four weeks too early.
November 20, 2018 New Zealand: who's in prison? [video] News Oceania New Zealand The government wants to reduce the number of people in New Zealand prisons. But why?
November 5, 2018 Australia: Inside one of most productive prisons and the program turning inmates' lives around News Oceania Australia Walking into the Cadell low-security prison north-east of Adelaide, visitors instantly notice the atmosphere is unlike the usual grim portrayal of life in custody. Instead, there is a great sense of hope.
October 31, 2018 New Zealand: imprisoned minorities Interview Oceania New Zealand The New Zealand prison population has doubled in the last 15 years. Prison Insider published the figures in January 2017, in New Zealand’s country-profile, and cautioned that the record number of 10,000 prisoners was about to be surpassed and as predicted, this number was reached in June 2018. Tani…
October 16, 2018 Australia: Canberra prison close to capacity News Oceania Overcrowding Australia Canberra prison is bursting at the seams, as a spike in male inmates stretches the jail’s population to record levels. A total of 507 prisoners were locked up at Alexander Maconochie Centre on June 19 and 25 this year, four inmates shy of capacity. The jail had an average daily population of 474 de…
September 17, 2018 Australia: plea from 35 groups for action on Indigenous Australians in prison News Oceania Australia A coalition of more than 35 human rights, justice and community organisations have written to the Australian government pleading for action on the rising numbers of Indigenous people in prisons.
September 6, 2018 Australia: female prisoner dies in Brisbane prison News Women Oceania Australia A 51-year-old female prisoner died at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in the early hours of Thursday morning.
August 7, 2018 Australia: prisoner violence at record levels, cell 'double ups' a major contributor, commissioner admits News Oceania Violence Australia Violence in the Queensland prison system has reached a new high, with almost 3,000 jailhouse assaults recorded last financial year.
July 25, 2018 Western Australia prison escape prompts warnings for residents to lock doors News Oceania Australia Five inmates on the run and another five captured after breakout at Greenough prison.
