Calls for new jail as prison rates spike

And the new laws introduced by the State Government, which include a 50 per cent increase in jail time for anyone breaching a domestic violence protection order, are alleged to be doing little to alleviate the problem of domestic violence.The Queensland Corrective Services Minister Mark Ryan is aware of the problem, even writing to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt recently about the proposed prison.No commitment has been made to a new prison, but up to four new residential rehabilitation…



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