The media spotlight is once again on the issue of prison conditions, as sentencing looms for Erin Patterson, convicted for three murders after serving a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.

Parts of a notorious Australian jail should be closed due to "dilapidated" and "unsafe" conditions, according to the prison regulator. Evidence of vermin, mouldy walls and rusting beds were found ...

A delegation of United Nations inspectors has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia's treatment of prisoners and other detainees, following a 12-day visit to the country. The UN Working Group ...