‘We need more jails, we need more jobs’: prison union representative

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 22 2018 - 8:51pm, first published May 21 2018 - 3:30pm
Former parole officer and Public Services Association assistant general secretary Troy Wright armed the jail opponents with questions they should ask about the proposed Kembla Grange jail. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Former parole officer and Public Services Association assistant general secretary Troy Wright armed the jail opponents with questions they should ask about the proposed Kembla Grange jail. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

The union representing prison workers in NSW has declared support for building more jails amid debate over the proposal to place one at Kembla Grange.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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