WA prisoners paid to sleep on floors
Western Australian taxpayers are paying prisoners $10.15 per week as gratuity payments for sleeping on cement floors due to severe prison overcrowding. The state's prison system is experiencing a crisis with an average of 17 officers quitting monthly, chronic overcrowding fuelling inmate tensions, and criminals being released early to relieve pressure on facilities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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