Crime boss and murderer George Marrogi has successfully argued in court his right to access open air in prison has been ...

THE first prisoner to be sentenced over the violent prison riots that left a $12 million clean-up bill will spend an extra year behind bars. Jonathon Luca, 22, was on remand for a string of offending ...

A new prison officer was handcuffed to a chair and wrapped in Chux cloths during an apparent hazing at a maximum-security prison in ­Victoria. Insiders say the incident is part of a ‘toxic culture’ at ...

Five inmates who rioted at Victoria’s maximum security facility for remand prisoners and caused more than $300,000 damage have appeared in a Melbourne court under heavy security.

It is believed as many as 50 staff at the Melbourne Assessment Prison on Spencer Street, which houses prisoners in the CBD before and after court appearances, called in sick on Thursday morning.