Why the Dapto jail plan was scrapped and what happens now

Glen Humphries
Updated September 15 2018 - 11:51am, first published 11:30am
Jailbreak: Part of the Kembla Grange site the government had proposed to use to build a prison. Picture: Adam McLean
Jailbreak: Part of the Kembla Grange site the government had proposed to use to build a prison. Picture: Adam McLean

The cost to build a jail at Kembla Grange wasn’t “rational or sensible”, according to Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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