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Room for improvement in ballooning prison system

A review of Victoria's prisons urges reform to improve safety and step up rehabilitation prospects. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Prison staff and inmates at Victoria's adult jails are tolerating sexual harassment, racism and bullying which is compromising safety and must be addressed, a report has found.

A cultural review of the system made public on Friday found a strong ethical, legal and economic imperative for reform of the system, which includes about 6600 people in custody and 5000 staff at 16 locations.

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