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Politician alleges NSW Corrections illegally snooped on her calls with prisoners

Exclusive: Greens MLC Sue Higginson tells parliament that Corrective Services knew things ‘which made it very clear they had monitored our conversation’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 1

Prison safety in focus after officer's horrific abuse

The NSW government has plenty of work to do to implement all recommendations from a landmark inquiry into failures in the state's prison system.

AAP · Sep 6, 2025

NSW government admits it is vicariously liable for prison guard’s sexual abuse of female inmate

Court hears both parties in class action against state of NSW over conduct of Wayne Astill ‘keen to explore the possibility of settlement’

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2025

Former prison guard who raped women has appeal rejected

A former NSW prison guard sentenced to more than two decades in jail for sexually assaulting nine women has lost a bid to overturn his conviction and sentence.

AAP · Jul 8, 2024

NSW prisons boss off the job after Wayne Astill inquiry

NSW Corrective Services Commissioner Kevin Corcoran is no longer in the job after giving evidence to an inquiry into prison guard rapist Wayne Astill.

AAP · Mar 13, 2024

Rapist officer ‘should never have been employed’ to work in NSW prisons, scathing inquiry finds

Wayne Astill’s file contained complaints of serious criminal misconduct before he was hired to work at women’s prison, report says

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2024

'Incompetent or corrupt' to employ rapist prison guard

Prisons across NSW will be scrutinised by a task force after a scathing report condemned processes that allowed a guard to rape several inmates.

AAP · Mar 6, 2024

Prisons boss rejects blame for ex-guard's sex crimes

A break-down in prison processes has been blamed for a former guard's persistent sexual abuse of female inmates at an inquiry into the crimes.

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

Guard's crimes a 'catastrophic failure' at NSW jail

The ex-head of NSW Corrective Services has conceded there were systemic failings at the women's jail where a prison officer abused inmates over several years.

AAP · Nov 20, 2023

Rapist allowed to work in prison despite allegations

The governor of a women's prison where inmates were raped says she was at a loss as how to deal with the former officer later convicted of the assaults.

AAP · Nov 16, 2023