北部地区增加了1 000张监狱床位,以解决过度拥挤问题,重新安置儿童,改造妇女设施,改善康复状况。 1,000 prison beds added in NT to combat overcrowding, relocate children, convert facilities for women, and improve rehabilitation.

北部地区政府计划增加1 000张监狱床位,以解决过度拥挤问题,改善基础设施。 The Northern Territory government plans to add 1,000 prison beds to combat overcrowding and enhance infrastructure. 副首席部长Gerard Maley概述了一项战略,将儿童从Alice Springs青年拘留中心转移到达尔文,将该设施改为女子监狱,并将200名囚犯送回Don Dale青年拘留中心。 Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley outlined a strategy involving relocating children from Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre to Darwin, converting that facility into a women’s prison, and returning 200 prisoners to the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. 改革的目的是改善改造,到2028年将预计的监狱人口减少到3 000人以上。 The changes aim to improve rehabilitation and reduce the projected prison population to over 3,000 by 2028.