Mental ill health was the leading cause of prison officer absence in the year to June 2025.
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A parliamentary committee surveyed 5,113 prison officers and found that 50% do not feel safe in the prison they work in.
Proposals in NSW to force someone who spits at or bites a frontline worker to be tested for HIV and other blood-borne viruses are a real problem - for workers and the public.
An overhaul of the probation system has left the justice system foundering.
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PhD Candidate in Criminology, University of Westminster
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Reader in Criminal Justice and Social Complexity, University of Portsmouth
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Sexual health physician, epidemiologist, researcher. (President-elect and vice-president Australasian Society of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), UNSW
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences., University of Melbourne; HIV Clinical Nurse Consultant with Bolton Clarke, Board Member Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), The University of Melbourne