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Thursday, November 22

Angry prison guards march on Parliament

Hundreds of South Australian prison guards have walked off the job and descended on Parliament House demanding the government reverse its decision to privatise the Adelaide Remand Centre.

We're backing PSA members, insists Marshall

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall is “disappointed” in the Public Service Association’s decision to take industrial action over the outsourcing of some prison beds.

Adelaide magistrates court was home to Andrew Cannon for 39 years. He says "politicians and their media lackeys use fear discourse to undermine the courts and the legal profession".

Cannon's farewell blast: SA's bastion of the Rule of Law

South Australia’s retiring deputy chief magistrate Andrew Cannon reflects on nearly four decades on the bench, highlighting the need for judicial officers of independence and integrity to combat the forces of political opportunism.

Sentencing young offenders as adults won't make us safer

The State Government’s latest ‘tough on crime’ measure targeting young offenders is likely to be counterproductive, writes youth advocate Anne Bainbridge.

Call to address corruption in the prison system

Not enough is being done about entrenched corruption in prisons – a problem that needs addressing to improve the chances of prisoner rehabilitation in detention, new research from Flinders University has found.

Foley's "Rack 'em, pack 'em, stack 'em" sent packing

Fledgling Corrections Minister and rising Labor star Peter Malinauskas has fired a none-too-subtle broadside at former Treasurer Kevin Foley over his infamous pledge to “rack, pack and stack” prisoners two or three to a cell in a bid to cut costs.