Prisoners were routinely strip-searched on their way into one of New South Wales’s biggest maximum security prisons, which the Inspector of Custodial Services has found to be “unsafe” for inmates and staff.
The state government was handed a scathing report on Friday from the inspector after a 2022 visit to Silverwater’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, where “obvious ligature points” – also known as hanging points – were found throughout.
