First Nations Telegraph

Lack of air conditioning in Roebourne prison cells could breach human rights

[Laura Birch, ABC]

[Erin Parke, ABC]

Community leaders say the situation at the Burrinunga community in northern Western Australia demonstrates the failure of successive governments to deliver on promised improvements to living conditions at so-called Aboriginal reserves.

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The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says the lack of air conditioning at Roebourne Regional Prison could breach international human rights conventions, and it is considering a formal complaint.

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