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Farid Farid

NSW denies prison access for UN delegation

The NSW premier has been asked why a UN delegation was denied access to prisons in the state. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has defended the blocking of a United Nation delegation from visiting inmates in the state's prisons.

Greens MP Jenny Leong raised the matter in state parliament on Wednesday, questioning why NSW was the only Australian jurisdiction to prevent the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture delegation from assessing jail conditions.

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