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Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offences, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke stated the federal parliament would now be “putting in place the toughest laws against hate speech that Australia has ever had”.

Class action also alleges prison officials knew of Dr Scott Lee’s abuse of incarcerated women for years, but did not act. This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault

Australians from vulnerable communities could be disproportionately harmed by laws that introduce mandatory jail time for some terror offences, experts warn.

Meet the Ultimate Luke Cage and Danny Rand, who are on a mission to destroy the Maker's prisons

Former nurse is serving 15 whole-life terms in prison yet an appeal is not guaranteed despite findings of expert panel

Kailee Brantner, 22, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted

Judge rules Trump’s executive order discriminates against trans people and violates their constitutional rights

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The electoral authorities announced that the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” – the only president the country has had since it held its first “democratic” election in 1994 – had won…

Lawyers say the death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels took up arms against the Congolese government last Wednesday

A court has allowed one of state’s largest centers to resume operations, weeks after reports Ice wants to build new ones