Analysis - The high-security prison is in the spotlight again after the suicide of an inmate this week
The high-security prison is in the spotlight again after the suicide of an inmate this week
The prison, which started operating in 2001, was at first seen as a model prison. Representatives of BCC were eager to make submissions to Parliament and speak in the media on the prison's modern infrastructure, state-of-the-art security systems, and recreational and rehabilitative facilities. Also in 2013, the Department of Correctional Services investigated allegations of unauthorised use of force in the prison and that prison management had breached the Correctional Services Act on several occasions. The Department had found instances in which inmates were forcibly injected with antipsychotics in a manner that was not aligned with the Mental Health Act.
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