Prisoners kept behind bars for months amid parole board backlog
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Prisoners are being held behind bars for months while Queenslandâs parole board struggles to tackle a backlog of thousands of undecided cases.
In an email seen by
Brisbane Times, the parole board last month warned it had about 2100 undecided new parole applications.
Queenslandâs parole board has a backlog of thousands of cases.
Credit:Human Rights Watch
A prisoner who lodged an application for parole on March 24 was most likely to have their case considered in August.
Tasmanian Parole Board publishes reasoning behind release of rapist and murderer Jamie John Curtis
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Jamie John Curtis is due to be released on parole from Risdon Prison this Wednesday.
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Almost two weeks after deciding to release rapist and killer Jamie John Curtis, the Tasmanian Parole Board has made its reasons public.
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The Tasmanian Parole Board has published its reasoning to release convicted rapist and murderer Jamie John Curtis, saying his attitude and behaviour has improved
Curtis was released in 2018 but returned to prison within weeks after breaching his parole conditions
Now aged in his 60s, Curtis will be on parole for the rest of his life and must wear a electronic monitoring anklet