While prison visitors are now routinely scanned for drugs,guards may be the weak link in the system,the NSW inspector of Custodial Services says.
Jails aren’t pleasant places. But those who work in them and are forced to live in them should at least be safe from abuses of power.
More than a dozen current and former Corrective Services workers,including guards,administrative assistants and senior managers from different prisons say they endured humiliating harassment and assault,
The solicitor allegedly concealed cocaine,methamphetamine,buprenorphine and tobacco inside six balloons.
London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that a woman was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after the footage went viral on social media.
The child had to be chaperoned by lawyers after her parents,Nelson’s daughter and son in law,were denied visitation rights.
The new Western Plains facility won’t start receiving prisoners until mid-2025,two-and-a-half years after major works were completed.
A major probe into allegations of serious misconduct following the death of teenager Cleveland Dodd at the notorious Unit 18 has cleared the staff involved,but laid bare the shocking conditions inside the controversial facility.
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.
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.
The corrections worker who found Cleveland Dodd after he self-harmed says the prison unit where the incident happened “was set up to fail”.