00:00Cockroach infested cells. Grime coated surfaces. Four people crammed into cells meant for two.
00:10I think it's the worst prison in the state. From an infrastructure perspective, from the state of repair and from the services it's available to offer.
00:18During the inspection of Broome Regional Prison in May last year, women were sharing their unit with men due to overcrowding.
00:25That's just not acceptable. All of the standards, the Australian standards, the international standards all say that women should be housed in different facilities to men.
00:35Towards Christmas, the prison belt for 66 instead housed nearly 100.
00:40In 2015 the government said that they were going to close it because it was no longer fit for purpose. They reversed that decision in 2017.
00:49In a statement, Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia didn't provide any update on those plans. Instead pointing to other investments intended to relieve pressure on the system.
00:59About 95% of the prison's population is First Nations people from the Kimberley.
01:04And while the report identified improvements in strengthening community and cultural connection, it also found rehabilitation opportunities and access to health and mental health support were limited.
01:16That's not going to help community safety or the people themselves because they're only going to repeat offending without rehabilitation and incarceration will just be a repeated cycle for these people.
01:27A call for action not just for those held inside the prison but for its staff and the wider community as a whole.
01:33...
01:36A call for action not a special part,
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