Prisoner numbers at ACT's overflowing jail jumped 4 per cent in past year

By Megan Gorrey
Updated April 23 2018 - 11:09pm, first published September 10 2015 - 8:21pm

A leading criminologist has warned chronic overcrowding and lack of separation between prisoners at Canberra's jail could threaten inmate safety, while urging the government to consider separate facilities for unsentenced and female detainees.

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