Prisons
Third man in three months dies in Perth prison’s custody
Staff at the maximum security facility in the city’s south-eastern suburbs provided first aid until paramedics arrived, but could not revive the 28-year-old.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Corrections
‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to prison drug program will help ‘missed’ inmates
Prisoners across the state will now have access to treatment for drug and alcohol issues immediately after arrest under a new $2.5 million intervention pilot.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Cleveland Dodd inquest: Youth wing in high-security prison ‘set up to fail’
The corrections worker who found Cleveland Dodd after he self-harmed says the prison unit where the incident happened “was set up to fail”.
- by Aaron Bunch
‘I’m through’: Cleveland Dodd’s final day at Unit 18 laid bare as inquest begins
Teenager Cleveland Dodd threatened to self harm eight times on the day he tried to take his life at the Unit 18 youth wing of Casuarina Prison, an inquest has been told.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘Battle for my independence’: Ombudsman slams Daniel Andrews’ ‘legacy of fear’
In her final report to parliament, outgoing Ombudsman Deborah Glass has described “a battle for my independence, with gender overtones”.
- by Annika Smethurst
‘Backwards and archaic’: Victoria ditches plans to give children presumption of bail
The government has been accused of betraying Aboriginal youths and walking away from its commitments after dropping the plans.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Crime
‘We know what you did’: Woman who decapitated mum involved in further jail incidents
A prison guard pleaded with convicted killer Jessica Camilleri as her hair was ripped from the scalp in an assault nearly identical to attacks two years earlier.
- by Sarah McPhee
He was one of the boss’ best officers. He was also a serial rapist
Almost everyone had heard about the Sydney man’s regime of sexual cruelty. The boys’ club kept him safe to prey on more women.
- by Jordan Baker
Probe launched after inmate’s death at Hakea Prison
A man has died in custody at Hakea Prison after a fire at the facility in Perth’s south-east.
- by Jesinta Burton and Ezra Holt
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Perth
Females booted from Greenough prison to ease crowding in men’s facilities
The extraordinary move comes as the Prison Officers’ Union warned Hakea was a tinderbox waiting to explode, with fewer staff dealing with more prisoners as cell temperatures climb above 50 degrees.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Crime
Deadly jailhouse weapons made from chicken bones, spoon handles and combs
More than 2000 “shivs”, knuckle dusters and bludgeons have been found inside Victoria’s network of 12 prisons over the past five years – a rate of about one weapon a day.
- by Chris Vedelago