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

In his latest annual report, Inspector of Custodial Services Eamon Ryan said the prison population and staffing shortages ...

An Indian-origin couple already serving prison sentences in Australia for enslaving an Indian woman for eight years has been ...

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.

An Australian judge has sentenced a woman convicted of killing three of her estranged husband’s relatives with toxic mushrooms to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years. The sentence on ...

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

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

Erin Patterson, the woman convicted of serving her estranged husband's family poisonous death cap mushrooms, is photographed in Melbourne, Australia, on April 15, 2025. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP) ...