The Guardian
UK · 43 mins ago
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Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns
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An official inspector of custodial services in Western Australia has reported that prisoners are being held in overcrowded cells with inadequate bedding and basic services, citing systemic failures across multiple prisons and calling for urgent reforms.
Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns
Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple prisons’
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Inmates in Western Australia are sleeping on mattresses on the floor of overcrowded cells and subjected to “cruel, inhuman and degrading” conditions, prompting the jails watchdog to call for urgent reform.
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