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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley and Penry Buckley

Politician alleges NSW Corrections illegally snooped on her calls with prisoners

NSW Greens justice spokesperson Sue Higginson
Corrective Services NSW says it is investigating the allegations raised by the Greens’ justice spokesperson, Sue Higginson. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A New South Wales parliamentarian has alleged prison officers unlawfully listened to her calls with inmates and then threatened those who had sought her help.

The Greens’ justice spokesperson, Sue Higginson, alleged that her phone calls were “routinely” monitored despite it being against the law for Corrective Services officers to listen to calls between parliamentarians and prisoners.

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