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REPORT: Special Commission of Inquiry into Offending by Former Corrections Officer Wayne Astill at Dillwynia Correctional Centre >> https://t.co/LuqA7pjj6i - Damning report into former Sydney prison guard who sexually assaulted inmates highlights culture, management problems.

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Australia can fix its broken prison system like Norway did. But first, we must face up to the facts >> https://t.co/ZApHe8tWpP - Huge numbers of people leaving prison are committing more, not fewer crimes. The reoffending rate in NSW has climbed steadily since 2011. #nswpol

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Medicare Denial Sees Correctives Systems Destroy Prisoner Health to the Detriment of All > https://t.co/WYkgAkRuDq - Most people are unaware that Medicare doesn’t extend to the incarcerated and while healthcare is provided in correctional systems, it is often substandard. #nswpol

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Australia's imprisonment rates are a disgrace. The ACT could lead an evidence-based change >> https://t.co/BUNDTYIaHN - Australia is putting more people in prison despite a fall in the number of criminal offenders. #nswpol #auspol #Auspol2023 #incarceration

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NSW’s first high-security jail for female radicals >> https://t.co/kiHhAHgMDf - Females who have been radicalised or convicted of national security crimes and who are deemed a risk to other inmates will now be housed in a facility specifically created for such offences. #nswpol

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‘No licence to kill people’: Dodson calls out his own government >> https://t.co/UHiXuhLtR3 - Labor’s reconciliation envoy is demanding the federal government take immediate steps to address Indigenous deaths in custody. #auspol #FirstNations #VoiceToParliament

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‘Patients aren’t guinea pigs’: Cover-ups, neglect in jails >> https://t.co/6XEqNBjJ9P - Unnecessary pain, suffering and death is rampant in prisons because of understaffing and indifference, particularly towards Indigenous people, whistleblowers say. #auspol #healthcare

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Unsentenced prisoners make up a third of Australia’s prison population as bail refusals boom >> https://t.co/Uposwp0qDo - Advocates urge overhaul of strict bail laws in Victoria and elsewhere to ensure people aren’t needlessly funnelled into jail. #vicpol #remand

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‘Abhorrent’ racial clustering gone at Goulburn prison >> https://t.co/ezts3OdAFQ - A race war and a spate of murders saw #Goulburn prison labelled a ‘killing field’ and prompted a radical move to segregate inmates. Now that practice has been scrapped. #nswpol #RacialSegregation

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Prison guard opens up on body fluid assault >> https://t.co/2Dt8KbjhIE - A guard at a max security prison has recalled the horrific moment she was assaulted by an inmate who also covered her in bodily fluids. #vicpol #shitshow #PortPhillip

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Queensland prisoners stuck on a ‘merry-go-round’ of hepatitis C transmission >> https://t.co/mAaXgB1Zt9 - State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say. #qldpol #Hepatitis #custody

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NSW maximum security prisoners recycle 80 tonnes of waste, donate proceeds to charity >> https://t.co/qLfzjlyNOO - A recycling initiative at a New South Wales prison has diverted almost 80 tonnes of waste from landfill while raising vital funds for #homelessness services. #nswpol

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Glamorous female prison guard is charged over an inappropriate relationship with an inmate under her watch after 'love letters' were found inside his cell >> https://t.co/A2An1snUyv - Officers found 'very flirtatious' letters inside inmate's cell after it was searched. #nswpol

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Jail report ups pressure to lift criminal age >> https://t.co/3TDGnUofdF - A fresh push to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility nationally is under way after a new report revealed 86% of 10- and 11-year-old children charged with a crime in #Queensland are ­Indigenous.

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Body scan technology unveils shock finds on visitors entering prisons >> https://t.co/GSSk9f8QSX - Body scans and CCTV footage released by Corrective Service NSW has highlighted the extreme steps visitors to prisons are taking. #nswpol

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More must be done after record Indigenous deaths in custody: coroner >> https://t.co/qNQfeK0p7v - Sixteen Indigenous people died in custody in NSW last year, which is double the previous record in the state. #nswpol #BLM #DeathsInCustody #FirstNations

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Jailhouse Tok: inmates spruik life behind bars on illegal phones >> https://t.co/qJmOgodo8a - NSW inmates are using illegal phones to show off their lives behind bars – with #CorrectiveServices launching an investigation into one who has dubbed himself the “prince of Parklea”.

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TV’s latest experiment? Hosting former prisoners >> https://t.co/gY8Pcwn2g8 - Life on the Outside, presented by Wentworth’s Danielle Cormack, gives you a sense of how fragile a fresh start can be. #SBS #recidivism

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Jail fling: Guard and prisoner ‘talked marriage’ >> https://t.co/OEHgGippgz - A female prison officer has quit after she was allegedly caught having a secret relationship and ‘talking marriage’ with an ­inmate with bikie links.

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#Cooma jail's dark past includes being world's only 'gay prison', podcast reveals >> https://t.co/8qOMEaXtmp - As celebrations ramp up ahead of Sydney's annual Gay & Lesbian #MardiGras this week, a dark part of Australia's LGBTQI+ history is being explored by a new podcast. #LGBT