Tasmania’s prisons are at breaking point.
For years facilities have been chronically overcrowded, putting the risk onto Correctional Officers instead of investing in the facilities our state needs.
Correctional Officers face violent and explosive situations at work. The capacity of the system has simply not kept pace with the growth in the prison population.
We need to make sure we retain the high quality staff we currently have and offer wages and conditions that attract the staff we need to keep our prisons safe.