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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

New corrections minister eyes better health support for prisoners

The ACT's new Corrections Minister wants improved health support for prisoners in the territory, and a boost to assistance when detainees are released into the community.

Emma Davidson, who was handed the corrections portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle in December, said she wanted to strengthen the links between corrections authorities and community health providers, and said there were "questions to be answered" over the way the government was handling Indigenous over-representation in the justice system.

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