Australia builds separate prison wing for extremist inmates

SYDNEY: Australia's largest state Sunday said it was building a separate prison wing for extremist inmates to tackle radicalisation following a rise in homegrown attacks, reports AFP.
New South Wales, home to about a third of Australia's 24-million-strong population, has been the site of two terror attacks in recent years, including a cafe siege in 2014 where two hostages were killed.
"We are in new territory. The incidents of terrorism activity we've seen in Australia and around the world has been unprecedented in modern times," state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.
The government said it was spending Aus$47 million (US$35 million) to create a jail within Goulburn Correctional Centre to separate inmates with extremist views from other prisoners to reduce radicalisation.

Australia builds separate prison wing for extremist inmates

SYDNEY: Australias largest state Sunday said it was building a separate prison wing for extremist inmates to tackle radicalisation following a rise in homegrown attacks, reports AFP. New South Wales, home to about a third of Australias 24-million-strong population, has been the site of two terror attacks in recent years, including a cafe siege in 2014 where two hostages were killed. We are in new territory. The incidents of terrorism activity weve seen in Australia and around the world has been unprecedented in modern times, state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney. The government said it was spending Aus$47 million (US$35 million) to create a jail within Goulburn Correctional Centre to separate inmates with extremist views from other prisoners to reduce radicalisation.