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Prison guards are cashing in by selling rocking chairs made by a notorious convicted axe murderer for up to $1,700.
The extraordinary move comes as the Prison Officers Union warned Hakea Prison was a tinderbox waiting to explode as fewer staff deal with more prisoners in trying summer conditions where cells can exceed 50C.
Social media posts purport to show garden ornaments made by WA prisoners being sold on Facebook marketplace. Now the Corrective Services Commissioner wants the practice reviewed.
The new technique, known as the Safe Mattress, is one of several restraint options replacing the now-banned ‘figure four’ hog-tie restraint.
Paramedics tried to revive the 46-year-old after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the infirmary at Casuarina Prison south of Perth.