Overflowing prisons see people locked for days in harsh, threatening temporary cells

By Paul Bibby
Updated May 24 2015 - 9:13pm, first published 3:51pm
Overcrowded jails are stretching temporary cell facilities beyond their limits.
Overcrowded jails are stretching temporary cell facilities beyond their limits.
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People are being kept in temporary jail facilities with no natural light and with limited shower access for up to four days while others are kept in even more rudimentary police cells without seeing a magistrate because of the state's overcrowded prisons, the NSW Law Society says.

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