The Canberra Times is very excited by a riot in the remand centre.
- “Prison officers were punched in the head and face during a riot at the Belconnen Remand Centre.
Six of the officers were treated at the Canberra Hospital for injuries suffered during the wild brawl in the centre’s F Yard accommodation block on Monday.
Nine inmates were involved in the incident, two of whom were injured.
Corrections Minister John Hargreaves declined to comment on the incident.”
This would be the same remand centre where we’ve been hearing about over-crowding for months now?
The one where they’re stacking up the inmates because of a massively delayed prison opening?
And is this the same Corrections Minister so very keen on Westminster traditions that he publicy rebuked a magistrate for daring to air opinions about other areas of incompetence in his administration?
Surely he would have something to say? Perhaps a resignation to offer?
Well, he did put out a media release on the fluffy puppies he’ll use in the prison if it ever opens.