Mark Fairhurst: ‘system-wide there are failures all through and it wants addressing urgently’

The National Chair of the Prison Officers Association, Mark Fairhurst has mentioned he’s glad the federal government is listening to the voice of the frontline as "the frontline have all the solutions".

Speaking to Sky News, Mark Fairhurst mentioned digitising and modernising the IT system might "eradicate" human error.

He mentioned that there have been "more assaults on staff than there’s ever been". Adding that workers shortages has brought on morale to be at "rock bottom"

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