Prisoners and police officers are unhappy that offenders are kept in police cells due to overcrowded jails. Up to 500 police a week are being taken off frontline duties to babysit prisoners in police cells. The Police Association of Victoria says fights have broken out between prisoners kept in police holding areas due to the cramped conditions, putting further pressure on officers.
What do you think should be done about the prisoners???
this is not a good idea.. the US needs to work out this jail system
This article is about Australia...and they need to obviously improve their conditions as cramming all these people together isn't doing much good for anyone. Maybe reorganizing the cells, using the labor force they have to build larger barracks, something...
There needs to be improvement in the accomodations provided by prisons, not enough to particularly provide comfort to the prisoners, but just enough for the cells to be liveable and to not take officers off of police duty.
