This is the first major study to analyse the backgrounds of female convicts against the general labour force. It also compares the legal systems and economies of Britain and Ireland, placing the women ...

Corrections Minister Gerard Maley said the damage included smashed wash basins, metal intercom panels torn from bedroom walls ...

Female inmates from Alice Springs have been relocated 1,500 kilometres away to Darwin to ease pressure on a buckling prison ...

Many convicts undertook political action in the Australian colonies during their ... But the team's research showed that women protested against these kinds of conditions on an enormous scale.

Female inmates at a troubled Victorian prison are being forced into lengthy lockdowns and self-harming due to crippling staff ...

The handwritten account of the people – and sheep – living around Sydney in 1800 is a fascinating snapshot of early colonial ...

Mozhgan Keshavarz/Instagram Mozhgan Keshavarz's Instagram account features her without a hijab in public places Women prisoners have ... publicised case in the Australian state of New South ...

A music program run by singer-songwriter Nancy Bates has helped female inmates survive the daily challenges of prison. Now, a ...

the program was opened to all female inmates. "Women who have been impacted by incarceration. That is what this is all about. Amplifying their voices. Because every Australian woman is vulnerable ...

An Indonesian court rejected on Monday a last-ditch challenge by two Australian drug convicts facing execution by firing squad, but lawyers for the state and defence were divided over whether ...

What to know about the 2024 election results. Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a crowd of supporters hours after Donald ...