In an effort to stop the scourge of makeshift “teabacco” cigarettes in Victorian prisons, the government is set to introduce restrictions on nicotine lozenges.

A Victorian lawyer says a "crisis" is unfolding in the state's jails, with justice facilities so crowded prisoners are instead being kept in police holding cells for up to a month. Mark Martoccia, ...

Ombudsman finds government breached teen’s human rights, saying the conditions ‘bordered on solitary confinement’ ...

Scotland's most notorious prison could be kept open, even though a replacement is being built at a cost of nearly £1billion.

A controversial Victorian prison policy that cuts inmates’ jail terms would be scrapped if the Coalition wins the November ...

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence behind bars has launched a legal battle in the Supreme Court to overturn a ban ...