The Latest Breaking News from Community Corrections

‘The state just keeps on letting us down’ – driver who killed Magnus White considered for residential re-entry, months into sentence

Magnus White’s family urges the public to send letters to the Community Corrections Board opposing her transfer

Cycling Weekly · Nov 25, 2025

No ankle bracelet, fewer rules for 'playboy rapist'

A man who violently raped his partner over 15 years ago will no longer be required to wear an ankle bracelet or provide details about where he works or studies.

AAP · Dec 20, 2024

Double killer who dumped and burnt bodies at Stockton sand dunes granted parole

Kevin Naismith will be released on supervised parole by the end of the month.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 9, 2024

Some people are put on the Tasmanian sex offender list without sufficient reason, lawyer fears

A lawyer fears there may be cases of people being wrongly placed on the sex offenders register in Tasmania, after a protracted row with a division of the justice department.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

The grave work of community service

Offenders doing community service are helping clean up Broken Hill cemetery in outback NSW, finding their past and future along the way.

AAP · Aug 17, 2022

A Man Is Facing Potentially Being Deported Bc He Wanked Alone In His Car W/ No One Around

Yikes.

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 2, 2022

Migrant caught masturbating in his car faces deportation, but his lawyer says the punishment doesn't fit the crime

A migrant caught masturbating in a car could be deported from Australia if he is put on a Tasmanian sex offender's register. Lawyers and psychologists say a method used to determine the man's risk of reoffending has been misused.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

NT coroner calls for more supervision of violent offenders in inquest of woman killed by her ex-partner

Roberta tried to escape her abusive ex-partner. She called triple-zero but police said "stop calling us". Five days later, she was dead.

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022