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As Australia’s prisons evade scrutiny, conditions inside are getting worse

  • Written by Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
A large brick prison building behind a gate

The lawyer for the accused Bondi Beach gunman, Naveed Akram, commented in court that his client was subject to “very onerous conditions” at Goulburn’s supermax prison. Goulburn Correctional Complex, in New South Wales, houses the country’s highest security prison.

At the High Risk Management Correctional Centre, prisoners...

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