Victoria has spent billions on prisons,but has shirked its duty to oversight

Victoria has spent billions on prisons,but has shirked its duty to oversight

Aboriginal people are grossly over-represented in Victoria’s criminal legal system and prisons and will,once again,suffer the most as a result of this government’s failure.

  • byNerita Waight andAndreea Lachsz

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Deaths in custody oversight missing as government deadline passes

Deaths in custody oversight missing as government deadline passes

States and the Commonwealth agreed more than four years ago to set up an independent inspectorate of detention facilities. Little has happened since.

  • byJack Latimore
Mother,44,dies in Queensland prison
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Prisons

Mother,44,dies in Queensland prison

Sisters Inside said “distressed and traumatised” women in cells around her had to be moved out,as police investigate.

  • byCloe Read
‘Tragic accident’:Man dies in police custody in Melbourne’s west
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Crime

‘Tragic accident’:Man dies in police custody in Melbourne’s west

The 43-year-old Sunshine man was found unresponsive during a routine check by custody officers at Sunshine police station. He had only been in custody for two days and was due to face court this morning.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Court blow for NT cop facing life in jail for shooting death of teenager

Court blow for NT cop facing life in jail for shooting death of teenager

A High Court ruling narrows the way the “good faith” defence may be applied over the 2019 death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker.

  • byZach Hope
‘This is all our culture’:How Patty Mills is helping to bridge our racial divide

‘This is all our culture’:How Patty Mills is helping to bridge our racial divide

The NBA star led the Boomers to their historic medal in Tokyo and just signed a $17-million deal. But Eddie Mabo’s great-nephew is also fighting racial injustice.

  • byKonrad Marshall
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Family shown ‘shocking’ video of WA Aboriginal woman’s last moments in police custody

Family shown ‘shocking’ video of WA Aboriginal woman’s last moments in police custody

The details of the 26-year-old’s last days alive are being detailed during a five-day coronial inquest which started on Monday at Perth Magistrates Court.

  • byLauren Pilat
Woman dies in custody at Ballarat police station

Woman dies in custody at Ballarat police station

The 50-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her cell ahead of a court appearance on Friday.

  • byRachel Eddie
Last-minute High Court intervention leaves Zachary Rolfe murder trial in limbo

Last-minute High Court intervention leaves Zachary Rolfe murder trial in limbo

The highly anticipated trial of a Northern Territory police officer accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager has been delayed again and may not begin this year.

  • byZach Hope
Three shots in 3.13 seconds:Police officer faces murder trial in Darwin

Three shots in 3.13 seconds:Police officer faces murder trial in Darwin

One of the most significant Australian murder trials in a generation begins in Darwin on Wednesday.

  • byZach Hope
Closing the Gap:Indigenous suicide and incarceration rates rising

Closing the Gap:Indigenous suicide and incarceration rates rising

The first analysis of Closing the Gap data has been released,a year after a historic agreement was reached to reduce the inequality faced by Indigenous people.

  • byCameron Gooley