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.

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…