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Prisoners have served their time, but still stuck inside for Christmas
Monday December 21, 2020
Almost 100 prison parolees in Queensland are set to spend Christmas inside the state’s overstuffed jails – at a cost of nearly $30,000 a day – because of a “complete crisis” that is affecting more than just the criminals themselves.
Queensland Corrective Services is on a recruitment drive to hire more than 700 new officers this financial year. Photo: ABC
The 92 prisoners have been granted conditional parole — but their release is contingent on them having safe accommodation to go to once they leave the prison grounds.
Because of long social housing waiting…
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