Concerns are being raised within Victoria's Justice System after a transgender paedophile was incarcerated in a women's ...

A father who sexually abused his five-year-old daughter is being held in a Victorian female correctional centre because he ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s ...

At least seven transgender prisoners — some with a history of sexual violence — have been housed at Victorian women’s prisons ...

The child sex abuser is serving a minimum 2½ years behind bars for abusing a five-year-old girl. There are calls for the ...

An Australian woman has been jailed for life, with no chance of release for at least 33 years, for murdering three relatives ...

The woman was the second prisoner to have escaped from Fiona Stanley in 12 months, with WA parliament told last week that a ...

The prison guards' union and a criminal lawyer say a government "delay" in building a separate women's prison in Alice ...

An Australian woman who murdered three elderly relatives with a poisoned beef Wellington has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years. Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video showing prison guards teargassing ...