Toughest Prisons in Australia
The female prison population in Western Australia rose at more than double the rate of males between 2009-2014, yet the state has only one all-female prison: Bandyup. Bandyup has been the subject of many studies and reports over the years,...
High Court Rules on ICAC’s Power Struggle
After spectacularly losing to Margaret Cunneen in the High Court earlier this year, ICAC was put on the defensive when it realised that it had less power than it thought. Anxious to prevent past decisions from being overturned, ICAC urged...
Top Five NSW Police Supercars
If you’re a lover of exotic sports cars - or just a revhead in general - then you are bound to be impressed by the NSW Police Force’s fleet of expensive vehicles. Last week, NSW Police added a shiny new...
UK Police Banned from Using ‘Stop & Search’ Powers
The Northamptonshire police force has taken proactive steps to stop its officers from abusing their powers and searching people without reasonable cause. In the UK, as in Australia, police frequently conduct searches without a proper basis. These searches are illegal....
Police Misconduct Puts Innocent Man Behind Bars
Everyone makes mistakes from time to time - but some errors have far greater consequences than others. Like, for instance, the blunder by Western Australian Police, who found a crucial piece of evidence in their own possession many years after...
Paying Fines by Doing Time
Failing to pay a fine will not directly lead to a prison sentence in most Australian states and territories; except in Western Australia, where over 1,000 people have been imprisoned every year since 2010 for failing to pay their fines....
Keeping Legal Costs Down
Are you going to court but don’t want to spend a fortune? Lawyers don’t come cheap, but they can make all the difference to the outcome of your case. Anecdotes about greedy lawyers abound, but there are many ethical lawyers...
Interpol: Catching Criminals or Persecuting Scapegoats?
The International Criminal Police Organisation, or ‘Interpol’, is a police force recognised by the United Nations and established to stop globe-trotting criminals from evading reprisals. From political targets like Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Osama Bin Laden, Interpol has been...
Spotting a Psychopath
In March this year, the family of 31-year-old Morgan Huxley sobbed as a Supreme Court jury found Daniel Lee Kelsall guilty of his murder. 22-year-old Kelsall was convicted of indecently assaulting Huxley in a Neutral Bay apartment on September 8, 2013,...
Supermax Prisons: More Harm than Good?
In August this year, Stephen Jamieson famously scaled the perimeter wall of Goulburn prison to escape, using bed sheets and a pillow to protect himself from the razor wire. Officers caught up with Jamieson less than 10 hours later, placing...
