It’s best known for its sprawling maximum-security prison complex, but Silverwater in Sydney’s west is also developing an unlikely reputation as a smart pick for first-home buyers. The suburb, about ...

A 24-year-old inmate has allegedly been murdered while being held on remand at a maximum security jail in Sydney's west. NSW Police on Thursday evening said they'd charged a 28-year-old man with ...

The governor of the women’s prison at Silverwater has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting and choking an inmate. Tracey Mannix, 55, has been suspended from her role at the women’s ...

Prison guards at one of Sydney's biggest jail have been ordered to isolate after four inmates tested positive to Covid, amid fears the virus could rip through the complex if staff test positive.

NSW Police were called to the correctional facility about 6.30am and a crime scene was sealed off as they sought statements from inmates. The victim was an inmate who was allegedly bashed to death in ...

A recent conversation brought up the question why anyone would buy a CD by the Australian trio The Necks. The interlocutor wasn't questioning the quality of the band, merely wondering about listening ...

A prison inmate who suffocated a fellow inmate has been found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, after a judge found he was intoxicated at the time. Mervyn Keith Davidson was on remand for several ...

A man has been charged with murder at the Silverwater correctional complex in Sydney's west on Thursday after staff had earlier discovered a 24-year-old man dead. Police were called to the ...

The former teacher was accused of murdering his former wife Lynette Dawson and disposing of her body in 1982 as he pursued an affair with his teenage student and babysitter. The 74-year-old was found ...