Staff shortages straining prisons across WA, report reveals

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Jake DietschThe West Australian

Staff shortages are straining prisons across WA and the State’s scandal-plagued youth detention sector is also having a significant impact on adult prisons, a report has revealed.

Custodial Services inspector Eamon Ryan tabled his office’s report in parliament on Tuesday in the wake of 16-year-old Unit 18 inmate Cleveland Dodd’s death.

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