The Latest Breaking News from Corrective Services

An ex-soldier had to join a gang and sleep on the floor with his head near a toilet for protection in a Queensland maximum security prison, a court has heard.

In a New Year's Eve riot at Perth's Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre, 22 inmates climbed fences and rooftops, causing damage and threatening staff.

A Queensland murderer who slit his toddler nephew's throat could be declared a restricted prisoner, denying him the right to apply for parole.

MORNING BRIEFING: Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick's independent review of bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct at state parliament will be released today.

A Corrective Services officer is facing an upgraded murder charge over the shooting of an Indigenous inmate during an escape attempt in 2019. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the image of a person who has died.

NSW prison officers are considering going on strike after a colleague was charged with murder for shooting a handcuffed man dead as he fled a Lismore hospital.

A brazen escape plan by Lila Walto to spring her partner from jail has landed her with a six-year prison term in the ACT Supreme Court.

The story of Stolen Generation member Kevin Bugmy "brings great shame on white Australia", says a coroner in findings on his death after 36 years in prison.

The judge also rejected most of a non-publication application by the accused's lawyer.