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Woman avoids jail for hiding in truck to enter SA, driver arrested

UPDATE 2.30pm - The driver of a truck who allegedly brought a 65-year-old woman into South Australia from Victoria has been located and arrested. About...
Grant District Mayor Richard Sage, Who Has Pushed For The Region’s Subcontractors To Benefi T From The Prison Expansion  TBW Newsgroup

Grant takes action on prison row

GRANT District Council says it wants to take part in a high-ranking delegation seeking answers over the prisoner release process at the expanded Moorak...
Councillors Prison  TBW Newsgroup

Prisoner release answers sought

MOUNT Gambier City Council will urge the State Government to mandate that all Mount Gambier Prison inmates are returned to their place of residence...
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Prisoners ‘not forced’ to return to Adelaide

REVELATIONS have emerged some inmates released from Mount Gambier Prison cannot be forced to return to their place of residence despite a long-standing departmental...

Boots boost community spirit

THE staff of Mount Gambier Prison are taking altruistic steps to help the less fortunate as well as fostering a sense of community within...

Red Cross mentor initiative on horizon for South East

A NUMBER of mentoring programs will soon be offered by the Australian Red Cross Limestone Coast to locals who have repeated contact with the...

Offender jailed for drug possession

A MOUNT Gambier man who was caught with 10g of the drug commonly known as "ice" has been sentenced to one year, five months...

Second chance given after suspended sentence breach

A MOUNT Gambier man found in possession of four push knives while serving a suspended sentence for a weapons-related crime has narrowly avoided time behind bars. Andrew David Howe, 34, appeared in the Mount Gambier[...]

Accused bailed despite lengthy disorderly history

A MOUNT Gambier man with a history of incidents at the Mount Gambier Hospital was released on bail last week despite another act of disorderly behaviour in the emergency department last month.As new details emerged[...]

Justice reform caution urged

A LOCAL solicitor is fearful a change to sentencing discount laws would lead to lengthy delays in court cases and put more pressure on...

Final checks clear way for inmate arrivals in Mount Gambier

MOUNT Gambier Prison is now the second largest correctional facility in the state following the completion of a $61.8m expansion at the Moorak facility. While...

‘Vicious attacker’ jailed for assault

A MILLICENT man has been jailed for almost two years over an attack on his ex-partner which the sentencing magistrate described as “sustained and...

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Fishing back on the cards

Fishing restrictions in South East waters established to help control the Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) outbreak have been eased, with ongoing conditions. The surveillance to...