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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 · Oct 23, 2022

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 · Oct 19, 2022

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

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

WEKU · Oct 4, 2022

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 · Aug 16, 2022

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 · Aug 3, 2022

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 · Jul 3, 2022

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 · Jun 25, 2022

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 · Jun 10, 2022

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 · May 18, 2022

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

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022