The effectiveness of private prisons is debatable – why does Australia have so many?

The Adelaide Remand Centre furore has reignited Australia’s private prison debate. Are they managed as well as state-run ...
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Australian prisoner sues for right to eat Vegemite in jail

A man in the maximum-security Port Phillip Prison says he's being denied his human right to "enjoy his culture as an Australian." Victoria state says the spread can be used to brew alcohol or mask the ...
Reuters

Indonesia rejects Australian proposal of prisoner swap for death row pair

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia rejected on Thursday an Australian proposal for a prisoner swap made in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers expected to face a firing ...
The Conversation

As Australia’s prisons evade scrutiny, conditions inside are getting worse

The lawyer for the accused Bondi Beach gunman, Naveed Akram, commented in court that his client was subject to “very onerous conditions” at Goulburn’s supermax prison. Goulburn Correctional Complex, ...