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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Peter Brewer

Out of sight, out of mind: plan to tackle health issues at the jail

Health problems behind the chain link fence. Picture by Jay Cronan

Long-running health treatment issues within one of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable communities in the ACT - Canberra's minimum-to-maximum jail - are the focus of a five-year "health and wellbeing" strategy.

An independent report last year identified significant problems within Justice Health, with an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude toward the health needs of more than 400 people behind bars at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.

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