Explainer: how will the emergency release of NSW prisoners due to coronavirus work?
- Written by Thalia Anthony, Professor in Law, University of Technology Sydney
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The New South Wales government has passed emergency legislation providing the Corrections Commissioner with powers to release some of the state’s 14,034 prisoners.
This legislation was introduced in the wake of the global release of prisoners to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the United States has begun to...
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