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WA prisoners in 'inhumane' conditions as mental health hospital Frankland Centre's waitlist grows

Up to 20 prisoners with severe mental illness are living in "inhumane" conditions that breach human rights because the state's only mental health hospital for inmates is perpetually full, advocates say.

Frankland Centre is a 30-bed forensic hospital on Graylands Campus, providing inpatient mental health care to remand and sentenced prisoners.

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