Australia enacted legislation on Thursday imposing mandatory sentences of at least one year in prison for individuals who display Nazi salutes or "hate symbols." While officials say the updated law is ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...

Australia has enacted new legislation today that mandates a minimum prison sentence of one year for individuals who exhibit Nazi salutes or other “hate symbols.” This legislative action comes ...

A new law in Australia mandates at least one year in prison for the Roman salute. This is part of strict regulations against hate crimes. According to the Polish Press Agency, the Australian ...

New data reveals 27 Indigenous children in Australia attempted self-harm in prison last financial year, the National ...

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

Prison workers have called for a vote of no confidence in the Territory’s Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley.

From 1788 to 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were sent from the UK to Australia. And now we no longer do that, we may pack low-level crooks off to Iceland instead. That’s an idea that CEO Richard ...

Former Australian Prison Mate of Jailed Egyptian-British Dissident Goes on Hunger Strike By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -An Australian journalist, who was once jailed for 400 days in Egypt ...