NSW women’s prison lacking hundreds of security cameras despite guard sexually assaulting detainees

Inquiry into Wayne Gregory Astill's offending hears up to 500 cameras should be installed in area he worked

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The New South Wales women's prison where guard Wayne Gregory Astill sexually assaulted detainees still lacks hundreds of security cameras required to properly monitor the facility, a special commission of inquiry has heard.

Astill was jailed for a maximum of 23 years earlier this year for abusing his position and assaulting women at the Dillwynia correctional centre, on the outskirts of Sydney, for several years.

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