Australia's overcrowded prisons could struggle to control coronavirus, expert says

Governments urged to show a similar level of care to protecting prisons as they do to protecting aged care homes

Australian prisons could struggle to control an outbreak of coronavirus in a system that is already overcrowded and under-resourced, a prison health expert has said.

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