AMC. Photograph: Andrew Finch
THE ACT government has wiped its hands clean of any political interference from a Supreme Court bail application that would expose the state inside of Canberra’s embattled prison.
But allegations of human rights abuses inside the Alexander Maconochie Centre already are being investigated as part of an independent review separate from the government.
Lawyers for a female Aboriginal remand prisoner, who was allegedly strip-searched naked by four prison guards hidden from sight wearing full riot gear, have accused authorities of denying her human rights after the act was also conducted in front of male inmates.
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