Corrections department says this prison, where temperatures top 40C, can't have aircon because of 'cost implications'
The Northern Territory's ombudsman has called for air-conditioning to be installed at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, warning summer temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celcius are expected to become more frequent due to climate change.The WA government is installing air-conditioning in the notoriously hot Roebourne Prison
Summer temperatures in Alice Springs already regularly top 40C, with an average daytime temperature of 37C in January., with corrections staff forced to use tear gas on inmates to bring the situation under control.Justice Minister Chansey Paech says the government is always striving to improve the territory's prison system.
While the ombudsman acknowledged other residents of Alice Springs endured the same temperatures, often without access to air-conditioning, the report noted that prisoners are "highly restricted in their movements and steps they can take to stay cool". The ombudsman said he had written to the recently-installed Corrections Commissioner, Matthew Varley, in March this year to warn that prisoners in stifling heat were "not so easily amenable to compliance and more prone to outbursts".
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