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Overcrowded prisons at ‘critical tipping point’, NT parole board chair calls for ‘coherent’ action
The prison system in the Northern Territory is at a “critical tipping point”, with facilities running consistently over capacity and inadequate resources for rehabilitation, according to the head of the parole board.
Key points:
- The parole board chair said prison numbers were more than 10 per cent above capacity for most of 2019
- Justice Stephen Southwood said the already low number of people granted parole had fallen recently
- Attorney-General Selena Uibo said corrections funding would be considered at budget time
Despite record prison numbers and low and declining rates of parole, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Southwood said prison and community-based support programs had been slashed or defunded.
As chair of the NT Parole Board, Justice…
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