Abd el-Fattah, a software developer and blogger who rose to prominence as an activist in the 2011 Arab Spring, was jailed for ...

A South Australian man who moved to Casterton after being released from prison has committed burglaries and thefts and now ...

Prisoners transferred to a hospital for palliative care can be shackled to their beds for their final days. Some experts want ...

Learn all about Australia's penal colony history at the Unesco World Heritage Site-listed Port Arthur in Tasmania.

One of the state’s most notorious white supremacists has found love according to his barrister with the neo-Nazi group leader ...

The UN Human Rights Committee found 24 young detainees on Nauru experienced “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment”. But are ...

An Australian serial killer, who has spent almost a quarter century behind bars, has lost a bid to have an in-cell frypan provided by his prison.

International advocacy group Human Rights Watch says treatment of children in the criminal justice system went from bad to ...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has shared a rare photo as he celebrates his first Christmas in Australia since his release from prison. Mr Assange has been laying low with his wife and former ...

Australian pilot Daniel Duggan's family says they feel they have been forced to challenge his US extradition in the Federal ...

It was just after Christmas in 2019,  and Australian Matthew Radalj was 34 and running a streetwear business in Beijing when he went to get his phone repaired at a popular electronics market.