Mouse Plague Forces Prison Evacuation
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June 23, 2021 SYDNEY (AFP) – A mouse plague ravaging Australia’s farmlands forced the evacuation of hundreds of inmates from a rural jail yesterday, as the rodents broke in and chewed through essential infrastructure. Mice have gnawed through ceiling panels and wiring at a New South Wales (NSW) prison, prompting authorities to scale back operations for repairs. “The health, safety and wellbeing of staff and inmates is our number one priority, so it’s important for us to act now to carry out the vital remediation work,” said Peter Severin of Corrective Services NSW. Up to 420 inmates...
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Disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has had apples hurled at him by inmates a week after the convicted rapist was jailed. Hayne, 33, remains holed up in Parklea Jail's maximum security wing as he undergoes a mandatory 14-day Covid-19 isolation period after he was recently sentenced to five years and nine months for raping a young woman in Newcastle in 2018. Inmates at the western Sydney jail spotted the high-profile prisoner when he was moved from a medical clinic to a prison yard on Friday. The fruit pelted through the steel mesh fence separating Hayne from the general prison population...
News by Linda Silmalis Premium Content Disgraced NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne has had apples hurled at him after inmates recognised the VIP prisoner when he was moved from a medical clinic at Parklea jail to a yard. Prisoners at the Western Sydney prison began throwing fruit towards Hayne on Friday after sighting him through the steel mesh fence separating him from other inmates, a prison source revealed. While the yard is located some distance away from the general prison population, it was close enough for inmates to have recognised the high-pro...