Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out of domestic violence’

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, said he believed almost 1,000 extra prison beds would ‘keep the public safe’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, said he believed almost 1,000 extra prison beds would ‘keep the public safe’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP Australia news Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out of domestic violence’ Minns government to spend $47.1m to recommission part of Silverwater jail while PSA says prison alone will not end violent behaviour

Prefer the Guardian on Google The reopening of part of Sydney’s Silverwater jail will deliver hundreds of extra beds amid record numbers of prisoners on remand, the state government says, as the prison officers’ union warns against “arrest[ing] our way out of domestic violence”.