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Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons

  • Written by Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisonsDespite opening a new prison in 2017, Victoria's prisons are still overcrowded. Shutterstock

Victoria is facing an incarceration crisis. Despite a new prison (Ravenhall) opening in 2017, the state’s prison system is under enormous strain, with the premier recently announcing prefabricated prison cells would be introduced in existing prisons...

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