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Man kept in jail illegally amid psychiatric facility bed shortage

ABC News
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PrisonsMental HealthPoliticsState and Territory ParliamentGovernment and Politics

A man was kept in jail illegally because of a severe shortage of beds at WA’s only facility for mentally impaired prisoners.

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A prisoner was denied appropriate psychiatric care while detained at Hakea Prison
A prisoner was denied appropriate psychiatric care while detained at Hakea Prison

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