The Latest Breaking News from Corrections Victoria

Prison escapee fled funeral after 'corrections failure'

Police are appealing for help in tracking down an alleged drug importer with links to Albanian organised crime six weeks after he escaped custody.

AAP · Jun 11

Australian murderer sues for right to eat Vegemite in maximum-security prison

Vegemite has been banned from prisons since 2006 due to it ‘interfering with narcotic detection dogs’

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Prisoners spending entire jail term in police cells as Victoria’s justice system buckles

Prisoners in police cells often have less access to healthcare and less chance of being visited by family and lawyers

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2025

Victorian crime boss Tony Mokbel taken from prison to hospital

Convicted drug trafficker and crime boss Tony Mokbel has been taken to hospital from Victoria's maximum-security Barwon Prison for unknown reasons.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Housing problems behind bars on parole

A lack of suitable accommodation has been cited as a barrier to prisoners being granted parole, with more than 100 denied freedom over it last financial year.

AAP · Jan 10, 2023

Veronica Nelson's partner sues Vic govt

Veronica Nelson's widower is suing the state of Victoria and corrections over her death in prison, alleging it caused him harm and breached her human rights.

AAP · Jan 9, 2023

‘Dying is normal in this jail’: teenager held in Port Phillip prison for four months

Sentencing judge feared that the life of young man held in an adult prison and not offered rehabilitation would become ‘a disaster’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2022

Aboriginal man dies in custody at Port Phillip Prison in Melbourne, hours after hospital visit

The man in his 30s had been taken to hospital on Wednesday morning for treatment. He was then brought back to the prison, where he died in the medical unit.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Cancelled treatment led to prisoner death

A Victorian prisoner had three urgent medical appointments cancelled in the months before he took his own life, a coroner has found.

AAP · Jul 13, 2022

‘A disturbing picture’: use of excessive force endemic in Victorian remand centres, says ombudsman

Report finds officers failing to use body-worn cameras and incidents often occurred in prison ‘CCTV blind spots’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2022