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Stephanie Gardiner

Reform more difficult for rural offenders, judge says

A 22-year-old man who's spent more than half his adult life in prison has been given more jail time. (Murray McCloskey/AAP PHOTOS)

A judge has raised concerns about the lack of drug rehabs, housing support and employment programs in rural areas while sentencing a man who has spent more than half of his adult life in jail.

Jaylan Doolan, 22, was on Thursday sentenced to at least one year and one month in jail for assaulting a woman and stealing her car in Orange, central western NSW, on New Years Eve in 2024.

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