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Western Australia’s prison system is in freefall, with a damning new report calling conditions “cruel, inhuman or degrading.” Overcrowding has inmates sleeping on floor mattresses beside shared toilets, while staffing shortages force routine lockdowns, canceled visits, and shattered basic rights. Filthy cells, broken toilets, and rising self-harm incidents plague the system, endangering both prisoners and staff. The inspector warns this is a repeat of the 2018 Greenough riot triggers — and demands urgent, funded reforms. The government blames soaring arrests for family violence, insists it’s funded and reforming, and vows to make facilities like Hakea safer — but critics say action is too little, too late.

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