Record high rates of prisoner boredom inside Canberra's prison, fuelled by the lack of meaningful work, has created the increased risk for more violence, drug use and critical incidents such as riots.
Tasks such as sweeping floors a few hours per week inside the prisoners' own cell blocks are counted as "jobs" within the prison system, but the independent Inspector of Correctional Services described most of these roles as "menial" in nature and offering little to alleviate the ever-rising rate of prisoner boredom.
