Why jailing is failing South Australia

Imprisonment is an expensive, increasingly ineffective default response which perpetuates a cycle of reoffending and it’s time to consider alternatives, argues Chris Sumner and Robert Hill.

Call to rehabilitate SA prison system

A group of prominent South Australians including former senior judges and politicians across the party divide has called on the Malinauskas Government to embark on major reform of the state’s prison system.

George Pell meets with Pope Francis after his child sex abuse conviction was overturned. Photo supplied

Pell draws link between Vatican finances clean-up and child sex charges

Cardinal George Pell has inferred that his being charged with child sexual abuse in Victoria was due to his work on Vatican financial reform.

SA Govt move to cut jail sentence discounts

Legislation to cut sentencing discounts for serious offenders in South Australia will go before state parliament this week.

Adelaide's "Cocaine Cassie" released from Colombian jail

Convicted South Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury has been released from a Colombian prison after serving half of her six-year sentence.