Tasmania's correctional service operated an "unsanctioned" punishment regime within one of its high security units, the state's prisons watchdog says. Mr Connock said his inspection team was alerted to the "Hostile Management Regime" by a teenager being held in the high security unit, known as Tamar, at the Risdon Prison Complex. 'Collective punishment' and excessive lockdowns Mr Connock's report also …
A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. "I was angry … I think my son's at Ashley, that he's safe where he is, but he's actually got heart issues and no one from that centre has let me know." …
A technical blunder has led to Tasmanians with COVID-19 and close contacts of positive cases being incorrectly told that they can leave isolation. Key points: Text messages telling people they could leave isolation were sent in error on Tuesday A follow-up message told people to disregard the earlier message The Community and Public Sector Union says 16 prison officers have …
A former Tasmanian Labor premier has described how she "felt sick" walking into Ashley Youth Detention Centre when responsible for the facility, and is joining calls for the Liberal State Government to close it down. Key points: A former premier who was also responsible for Ashley Youth Detention Centre says the facility was putting children on the "pathway to Risdon" …
The man responsible for the Port Arthur massacre has been revealed to be a nobody in prison who trades sexual favours for chocolate. Bryant's actions pushed Prime Minister John Howard to overhaul Australia's gun laws in a significant moment in the nation's history, but his infamy doesn't impress his fellow inmates. A former prison guard has revealed that Martin Bryant …
