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Crime boss Bassam Hamzy made a formal request to run mixed martial arts fights inside Supermax prison using some of the state’s worst criminals as fighters.

Sydneys Silverwater prison expanded with new technology to watch prisoners The prison population at Silverwater Correction Centre is about to swell with the opening of a new block which can house more than 400 new inmates. The expansion will also incorporate artificial intelligence, to keep an extra eye on prisoners at the facility in Western Sydney. There are $250 million dollars worth of facilities, exercise equipment medical cells and 440 new places for maximum security prisoners. Sydneys Si...

Three Aboriginal deaths in custody in one week in Australia After days of official cover-ups, it has been revealed that three Aboriginal people recently died in custody in one week alone. The latest death occurred on March 7. An indigenous man died in Ravenhall Correctional Centre in the western suburbs of Melbourne, the Victorian state capital. On March 5, in New South Wales (NSW) a 44-year-old woman serving an eight-month sentence was found unresponsive in Sydney’s Silverwater Womens Correc...

A 36-year-old Anaiwan Dunhutti man, Nathan Reynolds, died in 2018 gasping for air on a prison floor from an asthma attack after guards took an “unreasonably” long time to come to his aid. The NSW deputy coroner Elizabeth Ryan said the “confused, uncoordinated and unreasonably delayed” response by prison guards and health staff deprived Reynolds of “at least some chance” of survival. Reynolds’ family, who have waited almost three years for answers as to how and why he died – and,...

The NSW deaths only came to light after Greens MLC David Shoebridge asked Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin at a NSW budget estimates on March 9. Severin defended authorities’ silence saying that it was “not appropriate” to advise the public of deaths without any detail and “cause a lot of anger, a lot of angst and a lot of grief”. Karly Warner, spokesperson for the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT (ALS), called for government accountability. “While identification of pe...

Last modified on Thu 11 Mar 2021 19.59 EST Aboriginal justice advocates have expressed their devastation following a third Indigenous death in custody in a week and demanded the Australian prime minister urgently meet with bereaved families to progress reforms. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (Natsils) representatives from across the country, who met on Thursday, said they were “horrified and deeply upset”. “We are extremely concerned that while our people co...

Advertisement The NSW government has defended the rate at which it is removing hanging points from jail cells, following revelations an Indigenous woman took her own life at Silverwater jail last week. It is the second Indigenous death in custody to take place in the past week. A budget estimates hearing on Tuesday heard an Indigenous woman in her 40s took her own life within days of an Indigenous man dying at Long Bay Hospital. Long Bay Hospital is a non-acute 85-bed healthcare facility locate...

Lawyers urge Scott Morrison to take their advice on how to handle the allegations against Christian Porter, and NSW Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin has defended the decision not to announce that two Indigenous Australians died in custody in Sydney last week.

Northern Territory cattle and tourism pioneer Peter Severin dies aged 93 Posted SatSaturday 27 updated SatSaturday 27 FebFebruary 2021 at 3:21am Peter Severins family said the 93-year-old died peacefully at home on the Curtin Springs Station. ( Print text only Cancel Cattle and tourism pioneer Peter Severin has died aged 93, at the remote station and famous roadhouse near Uluru he established more than six decades ago. Key points: Mr Severin and family have run Curtin Springs Station and road...

Four Corrective Services NSW officers with a combined work history of 100 years were recognised today for their exceptional service in the Australia Day...