A father who raped his own three-year-old daughter has demanded to be placed in a women’s prison in Tasmania, prompting the ...

The media spotlight is once again on the issue of prison conditions, as sentencing looms for Erin Patterson, convicted for three murders after serving a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.

A prosecutor requests jail sentences of more than 200 years for the men accused of murdering Australian brothers Jake and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s ...

A new reform program will be offered to prisoners to help them kick the habit and quit smoking before a tobacco ban is rolled out in all West Australian jails.

A South Australian court has heard that a correctional services executive was "motivated by financial greed" when he planned ...

The Australian government has announced fines and prison sentences for 11 Indonesian fishers who pled guilty to violating the country’s fishing laws in three separate cases.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s ...