Questions from Greens MP expose "shocking" conditions in WA's prisons

Parliamentary questions from Greens MP Brad Pettitt have exposed a grim picture of overcrowding in Western Australia’s prisons.

Responses to inquiries from Dr Pettitt revealed 62 prisoners at Hakea—most on remand awaiting trial—and 17 at Casuarina are forced to sleep on mattresses on the…

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