Northern Territory prison guards are considering taking industrial action in response to "crisis" levels of overcrowding, which they fear could trigger dangerous riots. The NT government said it was enacting emergency measures across the territory's prisons and police watch houses to address the "extraordinary risks" posed by overcrowding. In a statement late on Saturday night, the corrections department said prisoner …
How did we get here? The government was warned by the Australian Workers' Union of Employees Queensland that the youth detention system was "already struggling" when it introduced even stricter youth bail laws earlier this year after the death of Brisbane Mother Emma Lovell, who was killed in an alleged home invasion. Among them, Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall, …