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Premier Jacinta Allan.

Secret payout after sexual assault by trans murderer in women’s prison

The confidential settlement, involving murderer Clinton Rintoull, follows an overhaul of how transgender prisoners are managed by Corrections Victoria.

  • Daniella White

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Guy Habkouk, a heroin importer, arrested in Sydney before he allegedly dreamed up a fake terror plot behind bars, in a bid to secure clemency.

Prison guard allegedly smuggled phone for drug lord’s fake Sydney terror plot

The heroin kingpin allegedly planned to turn in the fake attack in a bid for clemency. Possible targets included shopping centres and locations on Sydney Harbour.

  • Perry Duffin
Parklea jail will return to public hands amid increasing pressure on the state’s prison system.

The NSW law changes that put an extra 1000 people behind bars

The Minns government announced Parklea jail would return to public hands at a moment of increasing pressure on the state’s prison system.

  • Michael McGowan
NSW Corrections Minister Anoulack Chanthivong has vowed to remedy a glaring hole in the Victims Register system.

Samantha Barlow fell through a crack in the system. Now we’ve found another one

The corrections minister has vowed to fix a glaring loophole after discovering no single agency was responsible for informing victims about their attackers’ parole.

  • Max Maddison and Frances Howe
Graham James Kay.

Who is the ‘North Shore Rapist’, and how did he stay hidden in plain sight?

Graham Kay terrorised women and girls across northern Sydney. The state of NSW twice watered down the notorious sex offender’s release conditions, and he went on to offend again.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
Kristy Howell, left, stands accused of smuggling cocaine into Parklea Prison

Lawyer charged with smuggling drug-filled balloons into Sydney prison

The solicitor allegedly concealed cocaine, methamphetamine, buprenorphine and tobacco inside six balloons.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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Wayne Wilmot, and Janine Balding, right.

Rapist involved in Janine Balding murder back behind bars days after release

Serial sex offender Wayne Wilmot who was part of the gang that abducted, raped and murdered bank teller Janine Balding, is accused of breaching his supervision order.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Nadia, a drug and alcohol nurse inside Silverwater’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, with a patient on Wednesday

‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to prison drug program will help ‘missed’ inmates

Prisoners across the state will now have access to treatment for drug and alcohol issues immediately after arrest under a new $2.5 million intervention pilot.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Tracy Jones, General Manager Dame Phyliss Frost Centre.

Prison boss dismisses Veronica Nelson’s family criticism in leaked email

On the first day of the coronial inquest into the Indigenous woman’s death in custody, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre general manager Tracy Jones warned staff about “sensationalised” scrutiny, and urged her colleagues “to not take it personally”.

  • Nick McKenzie and David Estcourt
In a supplied image acquired from NSW Police shows Stacey Kelly Greenup who was arrested at Kingsford in June 2020 in an undated image. Pic - NSW Police

Defendants spend years in jail waiting trial. What happens when they’re not guilty

Seven people were charged with murder and spent more than two years without bail awaiting trial. Last month, they were all found not guilty.

  • Sally Rawsthorne