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Australia: inside a Victorian prison where an incarcerated person recorded seven suicide attempts in four weeks
A former incarcerated person says she documented seven suicide attempts in just four weeks inside Victoria's maximum security women's prison, amid a wave of lockdowns triggered by staff shortages.
Source: abc news (01/06/2025)