The Saint: Penny pinching in our prisons | Opinion

By The Saint
Updated February 26 2018 - 10:14am, first published 8:57am
CUPPA TIME: The sun shone for the Hoskins Uniting Church fete on Saturday, February 24. Pictured are Helen Drewe, Pat Ciosmak and Liz Lovett. Picture: PHOEBE MOLONEY.
CUPPA TIME: The sun shone for the Hoskins Uniting Church fete on Saturday, February 24. Pictured are Helen Drewe, Pat Ciosmak and Liz Lovett. Picture: PHOEBE MOLONEY.

A NEW challenge is set to land in Paul Toole’s lap with the media revelation that Lithgow’s maximum security jail is set to lose 13 corrective services officers, posing what is seen as a security threat. Other prisons around the State face similar cutbacks, perhaps with Gladys needing more cash to build new Sydney roads and stadiums. But slashing numbers in what is surely one of the toughest and riskiest jobs in the public service is not the way to do it - - particularly at a time when inmate unrest in the prison system is being fuelled by overcrowding. Prison officers and the community demand something better than penny pinching on such a vital issue. Over to you, Mr Toole.

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