The Government is promising to hire almost 700 new frontline staff for Corrections, including 470 new prison officers. It's spending $1.9 billion on more prison beds, prison officers and rehabilitation over the next four years. President of the Corrections Association Floyd Du Plessis spoke to Corin Dann.
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