Jailed MP appeals bribery conviction
Former Govt minister Taito Phillip Field is appealing against his conviction and sentence for bribery and corruption.
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Cell suicide brings call for legal help line
A coroner is calling for a national legal help phone line for prisoners in police custody after a lawyer could not be found for a man who later hanged himself.
Prisoner tells court inmate dragged from cell 'black as'
A prison inmate has described seeing a fellow inmate being dragged from a cell on the day of his death.
Fresh look at Scott Watson case
A believer in Scott Watson's innocence plans to reinterview key witnesses in the case of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.
Private prisons bill passed
Privately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.
Judge gets tough on violence
A senior judge has vowed to crack down on a violent crime wave, which he says is sometimes "little more than sheer sadism".
Graeme Burton guilty of attempted murder
A jury finds double-killer Graeme Burton guilty of attempting to murder a fellow prison inmate.
Prison visitor arrested after drugs and cash found in car
A visitor to a women's prison has been arrested after staff found more than $20,000 and drugs worth $10,000 in his car.
Burton used steel rod to stab inmate's heart, court told
Graeme Burton used a sharpened stainless steel rod to stab a prison inmate three times in the heart, the High Court hears.