NSW prison population falls amid COVID-19

Updated August 4 2020 - 12:51pm, first published 12:45pm
New data shows there has been a 10.7 per cent drop in the NSW adult prison population.
New data shows there has been a 10.7 per cent drop in the NSW adult prison population.

The number of prisoners in NSW jails has dropped by almost 11 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of people on remand plummets.

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