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Police investigate assaults on Auckland prisoners

Staffing shortages limiting out-of-cell time and visiting hours may have led to guards assaulting protesting inmates.

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When sex offenders go to rehab

The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work?

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Dwayne Johnstone murder trial jury told officer acted lawfully when he shot shackled Indigenous man

A jury hears a NSW Corrections officer acted lawfully when he shot and killed a shackled Indigenous man in Lismore.

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Lying Illinois prison officers go unpunished in 2018 inmate death, despite convictions of three guards

Testimony in the case came from six Illinois Department of Corrections employees who admitted they lied to investigators. None has faced punishment, and they all continue to get regular pay increases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Clarence Correctional Centre denies prisoners face lockdown as officers strike for third time in four weeks

A union had said prisoners at Australia's largest jail faced being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.

ABC News

NSW minister concerned United Nations prison inspectors would 'pick on' state government

NSW Corrections Minister Geoff Lee says a UN delegation denied access to inspect jails in the state had come to "pick on" the government and were targeting "spurious issues".

ABC News

Blame game after UN drops NSW jail visits

The NSW government says some of the state's prisons are sub-standard but blocked UN inspectors should visit countries not signed up to international protocols.

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Five years on remand: Justice system breaks its own record

Time spent on remand continues to increase with Corrections confirming someone has been kept in prison for five years – and their case still isn’t sorted.

Newsroom.co.nz

MPs to mull 'no body, no parole' laws

Proposed laws in NSW to deny bail to killers who have not revealed the location of their victim's remains have been introduced to state parliament.

AAP

Despite Govt concern, Māori are a growing majority of those sent to prison

Calls for changes to bail rules so Māori and those from other low-income communities aren't remanded straight to prison.

Newsroom.co.nz

Alabama man's execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month

The Independent UK

15 days too long for solitary confinement

The United Nations has banned prolonged solitary confinement, so why haven't we?

Newsroom.co.nz

Overcrowding creates 'unacceptable' prison conditions at Darwin Correctional Centre, lawyers claim

Staffing shortages and overcrowding are creating "unacceptable" conditions at Darwin Correctional Centre, legal advocates claim.

ABC News

From top cop to prison boss, can Ray Johnson slow recidivism?

ACT's terrible record in prisoners returning to the jail again and again puts new Corrections boss Ray Johnson under tough scrutiny.

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NT coroner calls for more supervision of violent offenders in inquest of woman killed by her ex-partner

Roberta tried to escape her abusive ex-partner. She called triple-zero but police said "stop calling us". Five days later, she was dead.

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Reserve Bank warns of more construction firm collapses

New developments in the collapse of Decmil Construction NZ highlight how one falling domino can endanger struggling building firms throughout the country

ABC News

Two NT police officers disciplined after failing domestic violence victim before her death, inquest hears

A coronial inquest into the death of Roberta at the hands of her partner has heard two officers were disciplined, after telling her to "stop calling us".

The Independent UK

Alabama inmate returns to jail as 10-day prison break comes to end with death of corrections officer lover

While Casey White was booked into jail in Indiana in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Vicky White died from a gunshot wound to the head

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Vicky White: Video shows corrections officer who disappeared with prisoner buying him ‘change of clothes’

‘There are all kinds of possibilities. We are looking at every possible scenario we can think of,’ sheriff says

ABC News

Darwin prison officers allege 'under-staffing and overcrowding' during wage freeze protest on May Day

Workers at Darwin prison have walked off the job in protest against a proposed wage freeze, as well as alleged resourcing and overcrowding issues.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How South Carolina execution firing squad works

It’s unknown how long a stay will hold off the execution of South Carolina’s first-ever inmate to be put to death by a firing squad as his attorneys pursue legal challenges

The Canberra Times

Poor culture and not enough staff in ACT's prison system: report

Detainees who have a "persistent, inflammatory impact" on the prison population should also be considered for interstate relocation, a series of recommendations handed to the ACT government says.

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