The Minns Labor Government lets inmate harass victim from prison
A shocking failure in the prison system has allowed a high-risk domestic violence offender to harass his victim with more than 1,500 phone calls while behind bars at John Morony Prison.
Adam Crouch
Shadow Minister for Corrections
Shadow Minister for the Central Coast
Opposition Whip
A shocking failure in the prison system has allowed a high-risk domestic violence offender to harass his victim with more than 1,500 phone calls while behind bars at John Morony Prison.
The serial offender was allegedly able to add his victim’s phone number to an approved call list, making an average of 20 calls a day over three months—an outrageous breach of protocol that should never have been possible.
Shadow Minister for Corrections Adam Crouch said the Minns Labor Government has serious questions to answer.
“This is an appalling breakdown in the system. The government has failed in its most basic duty—to protect the community, especially victims of crime.
Corrections officers should be stopping offenders from contacting their victims, not handing them an open line to continue their abuse. The Minister has announced an ‘investigation’ and offered an ‘apology’—but that does nothing to fix the problem or reassure victims that they are safe.
The offender’s phone access must be suspended immediately, and the government must be upfront with the public about how often these breaches are occurring,” Mr Crouch said.
With thousands of inmates given access to phones, how many other victims are being harassed right now? The Minister needs to come clean—how many times has this happened under his watch?
How can we expect victims of crime to come forward if the government can’t guarantee they won’t be harassed in this way.
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