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Lloyd Jones

Territory's prison lockdowns surge amid crime crackdown

Corrections facilities in the NT are overcrowded and understaffed, a hearing has been told. ((A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS)

Lockdowns at a territory's overcrowded and understaffed prisons have surged since a crime crackdown and tougher bail laws were imposed.

The Northern Territory government has made law and order the cornerstone of its budget with a record $1.5 billion investment in corrections, courts and police.

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