Inside the fall of George Marrogi:Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks
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Inside the fall of George Marrogi:Enemies loot millions as jailed gang boss cracks

Rivals have claimed a $10 million victory tax,while tormenting the once-powerful crime kingpin has become an underworld sport. Warning:Distressing content.

  • byChris Vedelago

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As sure as gay marriage,private cannabis use will not be a crime
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As sure as gay marriage,private cannabis use will not be a crime

It won’t happen in this term of the NSW government,but reform is inevitable.

  • byStephen Lawrence
Damning watchdog report finds WA prisons ‘understaffed,overcrowded,breaching human rights standards’

Damning watchdog report finds WA prisons ‘understaffed,overcrowded,breaching human rights standards’

A scathing report by WA’s prisons watchdog has found the state’s prisons are struggling under the weight of understaffing and overcrowding,with increasingly poor conditions that were breaching human rights standards.

  • byJesinta Burton
‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’:The musical bringing joy to prisons

‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’:The musical bringing joy to prisons

Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name,No Blankets wowed audiences at the big festivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Now it’s winning over the toughest crowd of all.

  • byKarl Quinn
Tyson was 11 when he was first locked up. It took seven years to turn things around

Tyson was 11 when he was first locked up. It took seven years to turn things around

Nobody in youth detention asked Tyson about his dreams - they asked about his court dates. Now he wants the prime minister to fix the system.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
‘Fake it till she makes it’:Prison romance goes horribly wrong

‘Fake it till she makes it’:Prison romance goes horribly wrong

Mother-of two Amber Clavell smuggled drugs to a convicted armed robber with whom she was in an intimate relationship.

  • byAmber Schultz
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‘Reintegrating people into society is a big part of this project’

‘Reintegrating people into society is a big part of this project’

Nev Jones and Richard Brooking have lived vastly different lives,but their projects for the 2024 Churchill Fellowship share a common goal.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Infamous Sydney child killer stabbed to death in jail

Infamous Sydney child killer stabbed to death in jail

Aymen Terkmani was serving a lengthy sentence for an attack deemed “brutal and horrific” by the judge,with injuries “too numerous to list and too gruesome to describe”.

  • byJessica McSweeney andSally Rawsthorne
Riots,suffering,death:The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect

Riots,suffering,death:The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect

Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons,as authorities fight to bring him to Australia.

  • byRob Harris andJosephine McKenna
Tammy Shipley's final moments
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Tammy Shipley's final moments

The 47-year-old mother fell gravely ill while in the grip of a delusion at a Sydney jail but prison staff failed to check on her,a court has heard.

Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors,she died there

Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors,she died there

The mother of five died in a Sydney jail in the grip of delusions while prison officers failed to notice her collapse,a court heard.

  • byPatrick Begley