The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has passed tougher bail laws, saying the state needs a “jolt to the system” amid an escalating crime problem.

Built at a cost of more than $1 billion, an enormous new jail is empty more than two years after it was built – with millions spent on leaky ceilings and malfunctioning security.

Victorian prisons have been ordered to immediately prepare for an influx of inmates with the Allan government hoping to push ...

A second bill would create a two-strike rule for someone accused of indictable offences. A person accused of committing an ...

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a group of men with their faces covered, some carrying machetes, standing ...

An award-winning Ukrainian journalist was stabbed and electrocuted before her death in Russian prison, weighing only 66 ...

Victorian jails have been ordered to get ready for an influx of prisoners, which they say could push the system to breaking point as the Allan government hopes to push tough new bail laws through ...

A Comanchero accused of unleashing a wave of violence across two Melbourne jails was enraged over a decision to deport his ...

Two prison officers have been bashed by an enraged bikie at a maximum security Melbourne prison. The Herald Sun has been told ...