Thursday, August 21, 2003

Psychiatric Prisoner gets pregnant in Melbourne jail.

Two guards at a Melbourne [Australia] jail have been stood down amid allegations a prisoner under psychiatric care had fallen pregnant. A Correctional Services spokesman today confirmed two prison officers were stood down from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre prison indefinitely on full pay since being accused of separate incidents of sexual misconduct. The Victoria Police prison squad and the Department of Justice were investigating the allegations, the spokesman said. See also this more detailed report

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