NSW locks down prisons over Covid fears but refuses to reveal inmate vaccination rates

Parklea outbreak doubles to more than 60 cases, raising concerns about spread due to transportation of prisoners between jails

The New South Wales government has been criticised for its “outrageous” refusal to reveal inmate vaccination rates, as it announced a lockdown of the prison system due to fears a Covid outbreak at the Parklea correctional centre may have spread.

On Monday, Corrective Services NSW, the government agency charged with managing the state’s 13,118 prisoners, announced all its prisons would lock down after an outbreak at the privately-run Parklea jail doubled to more than 60 cases.

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