The ‘decanting’ game: Inside Victoria’s ‘cruel’ prisoner shuffle
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-02-23 16:24 UTC+10:00
Section: National / Victoria
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Crime & Justice
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Snippet:
Hundreds of Victorians are being moved between police cells each night to battle the state’s prison overcrowding, with one unsentenced Indigenous man housed in various station cells for 26 days – almost double the legal limit.
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