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Leigh Marsh: Custodial Services Commissioner on the increase in prison assaults
Manage episode 509634501 series 2098285
Corrections says a steep increase in prison assaults is due to better reporting of incidents.
New data shows there were more than 2600 assaults in the last financial year.
It includes more than 1500 prisoner-on-prisoner assaults, and more than 1000 on staff.
Custodial Services Commissioner Leigh Marsh told Mike Hosking they've been working hard to improve how they deal with these incidents.
He says the encouragement of reporting assaults has seen an increase in the number of non-injury assaults being reported, which where the biggest number lies.
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Manage episode 509634501 series 2098285
Corrections says a steep increase in prison assaults is due to better reporting of incidents.
New data shows there were more than 2600 assaults in the last financial year.
It includes more than 1500 prisoner-on-prisoner assaults, and more than 1000 on staff.
Custodial Services Commissioner Leigh Marsh told Mike Hosking they've been working hard to improve how they deal with these incidents.
He says the encouragement of reporting assaults has seen an increase in the number of non-injury assaults being reported, which where the biggest number lies.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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