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Dwayne Johnstone died after being hit with a corrections officer's bullet outside Lismore Base Hospital as he escaped following his discharge in 2019.

Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding was shot in the head while trying to stop an armed hold up at the Pacific Pines Tavern on the Gold Coast in 2011.

Malcolm Day, 81, is the first prisoner in the nation to be granted a voluntary assisted dying permit.

The historic mugshot of former US president Donald Trump has been released after he was arrested in Georgia this morning.

Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment alleging fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges, appearing in court for the first time since his bail was revoked.

One guard choked back tears as she described how the inmate 'latched onto her hair causing excruciating pain'.

The 43-year-old man allegedly assaulted a woman in her home before stealing the car.

Judith Ann Venn, who admitted to giving her husband an overdose that killed him, is able to apply for parole after serving nearly three years in jail.

The reason why an ex-bikie, who killed his former partner and then himself, was parolled from prison has been revealed.

Nursing student Jasmeen Kaur was stalked, abducted and killed by Tarikjot Singh in March 2021.

The young father-of-two was sentenced to a year behind bars.

Nicholas John Crilley is appealing his seven life sentences for raping and torturing a woman over 23 days.

More than 90 prison security agents are currently being held by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador, amid escalating violence in the country which saw a local mayor killed.

The pro-democracy activist and father of two was accused of terrorism and sentenced to 12 years' jail in Vietnam.

Authorities are seeking information about a drone that may have been flying near a northwestern Pennsylvania jail before the escape of a homicide suspect.

A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, received a life sentence for helping Manson's followers carry out the 1969 killings of a grocer and his wife.

All it took was 13 seconds that resulted in Luke Francis unconscious, his partner helping to try to save him.

A bill that would have restricted serial killer Paul Denyer's ability to apply for parole has been knocked back in Victoria's upper house.

A new $180 million facility at Adelaide's Yatala Prison will add 270 high-security beds to the system but South Australia's opposition leader believes the investment "doesn't pass the pub test".

An Australian man accused of going on a drunken, naked rampage in Indonesia has been released from jail.

Influencers in France caught flouting the nation's strict new ad laws could now face time behind bars, or fines worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

At least 153 people jailed since El Salvador instituted emergency powers in March 2022 to confront the country's powerful street gangs have died in state custody.

Bodhi Risby-Jones has reached a peace deal with the victim of the alleged rampage, which will see the Queenslander pay up $25,000.

Inmates can remove a window to climb out and retrieve drugs and other banned items thrown over the fence.

Hayne will spend at least another two years behind bars for sexually assaulting a woman in her Newcastle home after the 2018 NRL Grand Final.

A man found guilty of attempted murder after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hatchet has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Melbourne underworld figure George Marrogi will remain in prison for more than three decades after a bid to overturn his murder conviction was dismissed.

In December 2020, two prisoners detained at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre ambushed a guard, beating, stabbing and holding him as ransom for opioids.

Naomi Widders said the sentence was "not worth my sister's life" and the family wants it appealed.

Hamdi Alqudsi, 48, was sentenced today, seven months after a jury found him guilty of directing the activities of an Islamic State-aligned terror group in 2014.

A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who was exonerated and freed after spending more than 18 years behind bars for murder.

The man was found dead in his prison cell days after details of how he lured a nine-year-old girl from a Perth park and assaulted her were read out in court.

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has been transferred to a Melbourne hospital after he was rushed out of Barwon Prison yesterday evening with a suspected blood clot.

Tre Rudolph has been sentenced to a minimum six years behind bars after it was found he shook the three-month-old "out of frustration".

Auriol Grey, 49, violently gestured and shouted swear words at cyclist Celia Ward, 77, who then fell into the path of a car on Nursery Road in Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire, in October 2020.

A man who carjacked a police vehicle and left two people with life-threatening injuries during an alcohol-fuelled crime spree has been sentenced to at least 12 years in jail.

The man died in jail, having gained 117kg after suffering poor mental health and being medicated for severe pain.

Andrew James Benn was jailed in 2018 for at least 30 years after raping and indecently assaulting 14 girls and women between September 2012 and January 2017.

Paul John Conoley murdered a grandfather and tried to put his body in a garbage bin following an unprovoked attack in a suburban street south of Brisbane.

Originally from what was war-torn Yugoslavia, Desic escaped from a NSW jail in 1992 and lived under the radar for three decades.

The healthcare provider for a Victorian jail where an Aboriginal woman died will be referred to prosecutors for criminal charges.

From digging tunnels, to handmaking keys, to losing weight to fit through slight gaps, we've been taken a look at some of the most notable prison escapes in history.

William "Rick" Singer, who orchestrated the college admissions scam, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison.

A police officer in Tampa, Florida, who was videotaped dragging a handcuffed woman into jail has been fired, authorities said.

A Baltimore woman convicted of setting a town home on fire, killing four people, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.

Bob Chahine and Ghosn Ghosn died when they were swept off the tray of a ute which was allegedly attempting to cross a flooded causeway in regional NSW.

The family of Hasan Dastan finally have justice after almost three decades, with his killer sentenced to a maximum of 22 years behind bars.

One of the Melbourne Tinder swindler's victims fears he will continue to steal money from women he meets on dating apps when released, after his jail time was reduced on appeal.

A man behind bars for murdering a mathematician found at the bottom of cliffs at Manly in 1988 will likely face trial after a court allowed him to reverse a surprise guilty plea.