Adequate dental services for prisoners vital for reintegration, employment after release
The Government must address significant backlogs in dental care for the state’s prisoners to improve prisoner and public health, and reduce instances of re-offending, Greens spokesperson for Corrective Services Hon Alison Xamon MLC has said today.
Speaking in Parliament, Ms Xamon said inadequate dental care, with long waiting lists and high rates of prisoner complaints had been a consistent theme of Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (OICS) reports since the office’s establishment in 2006.
