Today’s Office of the Custodial Inspector Adult and Youth Health Care reports make for damning reading and highlight the damage 10 years of Liberal mismanagement is doing to Tasmania’s public services.

The reports make clear that staff shortages are the main reason for debilitating lockdowns across the prison service.

With the Liberals’ efficiency dividend now in place, and wide-ranging cuts to public services underway, it difficult to see how they will address this issue across the adult and youth systems.

When it comes to lockdowns at Ashley, the Liberals only have themselves to blame after massively failing to deliver on their promise to close the centre by the end of this year.

Tasmanian Labor wants to see a safe system for all workers, prisoners and young people.

The Liberals’ terrible budget management and failure to deliver on their promises continues to hurt Tasmania.

Sarah Lovell MLC
Shadow Minister for Children & Youth