The man was being held in isolation at the Melbourne Remand Centre and returned a positive test on Friday. He doesn't have any symptoms.
Any staff members or other prisoners who may have come into contact with him will be tested as a precaution, the justice department says.New pandemic measures mean all new custody arrivals are held in isolation for 14 days and tested.Lawyers have repeatedly raised concerns about the risks of COVID-19 getting into the prison system.or because they don't have a home address, as well as prisoners aged over 65, should be released.
"Since the COVID-19 crisis broke we have said that prisoners are at grave risk of becoming infected and that the poor sanitary conditions of prisons around Australia means COVID-19 could spread quickly if it enters a prison," alliance spokesman Greg Barns said., who are over-represented in the system.The organisation urged the state government to consider"responsibly releasing" people from custody if they are low risk and nearing the end of their jail term.
The Victorian Greens have also called on the state government to release low-risk prisoners, with MP Tim Read describing them as"sitting ducks". People in Australia must stay at least 1.5 metres away from others. Check your state’s restrictions on gathering limits. If you are experiencing cold or flu symptoms, stay home and arrange a test by calling your doctor or contact the Coronavirus Health Information Hotline on 1800 020 080. News and information is available in 63 languages at
good jail is better than home detension
There are a lot of what look like bot accounts in this thread. All spreading viral BS
I know, why not create things called ‘cells’ and they can isolate in pairs.
Tough shit ...
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Victoria following NY and Californias lead. Next they will want to release the prisoners like the idiot Democrats.
Victoria is losing control of the breakout of the virus. People need to be stopped from moving around. Level 4. NSW you need to go back into lockdown now.
Chairman DanielAndrewsMP will release all the prisoners soon
how did an inmate get the virus seriously!!!
The same people running this are the ones Dan is now going to run hotel quarantine. Dan can't use police or adf like everyone else because he is too arrogant. resignDanAndrews
Nix on that! As my missus says “Don’t break the law, and you won’t get in trouble.”
Speak to the Left, they'll say open the doors and free them... they're just misunderstood victims after all.
Excellent, spread it around a little more
Oh no we wouldn't want anything to happen to all the pedos and scumbags in prison.