Calls from public phones are free,but in Australian prisons they are prohibitively expensive,costing some prisoners almost their entire week’s wage on a single phone call.
While many things have changed over the years inside prisons,one thing remains constant. Some inmates want the next hit,and others want to profit.
Tomison’s departure is the second major change to corrective services top brass in the state in three months after the Corrective Services Commissioner Mike Reynolds was booted in October.
Gemma Gaye Killeen was 23 years old when she was locked up for murdering her 22-month-old son. Last month the parole board decided she was still not ready to go free.
The day before Cleveland is to be laid to rest in Meekatharra the state government announced a $1 million business case for a new facility would be completed before the May 2024 budget.
She described the culture among many staff members at Bunbury Regional Prison as hostile and claims she was repeatedly subjected to bullying and unwanted advances during her two-year stint as a prison guard.
He first became famous for living in a cave and eating cannabis pizzas,but then New Zealand’s Little John hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
The grieving family of Indigenous father of three Wayne Ugle,who died while on remand for minor charges,alleges that he died begging for medical help which was withheld.
The West Australian Supreme Court heard Martin attacked Bropho,who had an intellectual disability,in his cell when the pair were alone. Bropho was a stepbrother of Cleo Smith kidnapper Terence Kelly.
Corrective services officers found the unresponsive 41-year-old in his cell at Hakea Prison on Monday morning.
Donna Nelson’s lawyers say she is finding it hard to stay positive after 10 months. She is not allowed to speak to other inmates and is kept isolated.