To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. With 12,707 adults incarcerated in the NSW prison system last September, this state continues to be the greatest incarcerator in the country. Successive state governments of both persuasions, however, haven't seen this as an opportunity to invest elsewhere. Rather channelling funds into this state's correctional facilities has become a favoured pastime for parliamentarians. The Baird government announced a $3.8 billion four year funding package in 2016 to increase the capacity of this state's correctional facilities by 7,000 beds. Prisons were expanded, new facilities were built, while others were repurposed.