Staff outside the Adelaide Remand Centre following last year's budget. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

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Union anger as Serco wins long-term Adelaide Remand Centre contract

The public sector union has expressed dismay after global services company Serco announced it had won the State Government contract to run the Adelaide Remand Centre for seven years, with an option to extend for another five.

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Bikies and criminal gang associates banned from visiting SA prisons

People identified as being associated with criminal organisations, including outlaw bikie gangs, will be banned from visiting prisoners in South Australia under a new law.

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“This is what happens when hard cases make bad law”

Changes to how young people are sentenced for serious crimes will crush any hope of them leading effective lives outside the justice system, says a lawyer and researcher who has interviewed every juvenile offender serving a current sentence for murder in South Australia.

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SA prisons packed with people waiting for trial

More than a third of people held in a South Australian prison are waiting for their day in court, yet to be found innocent or guilty, new figures show.

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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.