'Caught in same vicious cycle': call for prison to be an election issue Will voters be swayed by ongoing problems with Canberra's jail? The Canberra Times · Feb 2, 2024
Inquiry into Canberra's Indigenous prison rates set to be unveiled More than one-quarter of ACT prisoners are First Nations people. The Canberra Times · Feb 1, 2024
Aboriginal man dies in custody after advice to move him to mental health facility was ignored Indigenous advocates are calling for a joint ACT-NSW inquiry into another death in custody The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023
Calls for inquiry into ACT Indigenous man's death in NSW prison An Aboriginal health organisation has called for an independent inquiry. The Canberra Times · Aug 8, 2023
'They will be climbing the walls': fears as Canberra's jail goes smoke-free Nicotine patches are being issued, but concerns linger. The Canberra Times · Jun 10, 2023
Indigenous advocate says ACT government review into incarceration rates doesn't go far enough The ACT government announces it will hold a review into how it is responding to the over-representation of Indigenous people in its criminal justice system, but local First Nations advocates say it does not go far enough. ABC News · Jun 2, 2023
Delay to body scanners at Canberra's jail labelled 'deplorable' as strip searches of detainees continue Almost 300 strip searches of detainees at Canberra's jail could have been avoided last year if full-body scanners, which arrived in June, were operational. ABC News · Apr 13, 2023
ACT's first purpose-built Aboriginal-run health centre to open Winnunga Nimmityjah to treat 5000 people a year The Canberra Times · Dec 2, 2022
COVID deaths highest among disadvantaged communities Deaths due to COVID were also more prevalent in areas with greater socio-economic disadvantage such as in poorer areas and among migrant and Indigenous communities. The Canberra Times · Nov 22, 2022
From top cop to prison boss, can Ray Johnson slow recidivism? ACT's terrible record in prisoners returning to the jail again and again puts new Corrections boss Ray Johnson under tough scrutiny. The Canberra Times · Jun 25, 2022