Inmates charged with family violence offences
Police have charged three detainees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre for contravening family violence orders while on remand in the past month.
AMC
"The court's decision is disappointing to those of us who have fought for so long and so hard for recognition of the needs of our community and how best to meet them," writes a frustrated JULIE TONGS.
"The Alexander Maconochie Centre is, if not the worst performing prison in Australia, certainly among the worst," writes political columnist JON STANHOPE.
Cancer Council ACT will provide quit-smoking intervention training to detainees and staff as the Alexander Maconochie Centre moves to a smoke-free environment by midway this year.
News
34-year-old prison inmate died in a single cell
The detainee reported to have died at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on Sunday is believed to have been held in a single cell, subject to hourly welfare checks by prison officers.
Political commentary
ACT holds its lock-up record for indigenous people
"The ACT government is, of course, acutely aware of these dire outcomes and obviously conscious of the fact that when it comes to locking up Aboriginal peoples, we Canberrans are in a class of our own," writes JON STANHOPE.
Opinion
Damning prison report not for the faint hearted
"The 'Healthy Prison Review' is damning. There is simply no other descriptor that reflects the extent of the failings identified in the management and operation of the AMC," writes JULIE TONGS.
A review into the health of Canberra's prison has found that the majority of detainees are bored.
A man who tried to smuggle drugs into Canberra's jail sent police on a foot chase on Sunday (October 30) night.
AN Indigenous health leader believes a smoking ban at Canberra's prison will drive up the tobacco trade in jail.
A fatal flaw in the design of AMC prison cell doors was known for seven years. Nothing much was done about it until the inevitable happened. Who's to blame? It's "Seven Days" with IAN MEIKLE.
A prisoner of the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) who took his own life in February used a design flaw inside a cell to create a hanging point, despite the flaw being reported by staff as far back as 2015, a new report has revealed.
Visits to the AMC have been suspended as the prison deals with another covid outbreak.
“CityNews” has received an overwhelming response to its prison exclusive that revealed allegations of a drug-taking culture among some corrections officers at Canberra’s jail.
Canberra's prison minister has endeavoured to distance himself from serious allegations of a drug-taking party culture among some corrections officers, the subject of an Integrity Commission investigation.
Former ACT corrections minister Shane Rattenbury has denied knowing about allegations of drug taking and inappropriate behaviour among some corrections officers at the Alexander Maconochie Centre
The Alexander Maconochie Centre's (AMC) general manager, Jason Russell, has been awarded the highest medal for corrections officers, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The ACT’s prison minister is still to address disturbing allegations of drug taking and inappropriate behaviour levelled against prison officers at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
ONE in eight prisoners at Canberra's jail are now covid positive as infections among inmates almost double in a week.
