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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.

AAP

Florida Corrections Officers Paralyzed A Man, Then Left Him in Solitary Confinement

Craig Ridley died after corrections officers paralyzed him in a beating then left him without medical care for days.

Reason

With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

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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

Are the firing squad, electrocution constitutional? SC high court to hear issue in January

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court will take up an appeal in January from Gov. Henry McMaster and Corrections Director Bryan Stirling of a state judge’s ruling earlier this month that both the electric chair and the firing squad execution methods are unconstitutional.

Tribune News Service

'Huge problems': Prison riots predicted as govt announces smoking ban

"I don't believe this is going to go as smoothly as they may think," a person involved in the prison system has warned.

The Canberra Times

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

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Baltimore prosecutors drop cases of 25 state corrections officers charged under gang statute with using excessive force

BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors have dropped the charges against 25 state correctional officers accused in 2019 of using excessive force against inmates and functioning as a criminal enterprise in jails around the city.

Tribune News Service

Do the electric chair, firing squad violate SC Constitution? Trial underway over methods

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Department of Corrections officials who will oversee executions by the electric chair and firing squad in South Carolina do not have the expertise to know how electric voltages or bullets affect the human body to the point of death, argue attorneys who represent three men awaiting…

Tribune News Service

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.

The Canberra Times

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.

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".

ABC News

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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