Prison nurses in regional South Australia are receiving specialist psychosocial training under a new program aimed at improving the mental health of people in custody. The University of South Australia's trial aims to equip nurses with the necessary skills to ...

Correctional nursing is a tough beat. All nursing has its hard parts, but this is a speciality job, looking after a high-risk community in a residential style setting. Correctional nurse Donna-Marie Bloice has seen a lot in her time at ...

"Look, we probably need to get you into this environment and see how you respond to it before you can actually make a decision yourself whether or not this is for you," they said to nurse Adam Spicer after his ...

Victorian prison nurses trying to negotiate better work entitlements for around 18 months have called a halt to talks. About 60 nurses held a two-hour stop-work meeting and banned clerical duties, including filling, collecting data, and receiving phone calls. Bans ...