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NSW Government Announces Extra Prison Beds Amid Record Numbers of Remandees

Updated 2026-09-28 06:10 UTC 1 source Neutral

The NSW government is spending $47.1m to recommission part of Silverwater jail, adding 1,000 extra prison beds as the number of remandees hits record levels.

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The Guardian

Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out of domestic violence’

Minns government to spend $47.1m to recommission part of Silverwater jail while PSA says prison alone will not end violent behaviourThe reopening of part of Sydney’s Silverwater jail will deliver hundreds of extra beds amid record numbers of prisoners on remand, the state government says,

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