NSW to give prisoners cold-case playing cards in hope of solving murders

Packs contain 52 photos of dead and missing people in initiative backed by victims' families

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Packs of playing cards featuring cold-case murder victims and missing people will be distributed to New South Wales inmates in the hope of solving serious crimes.

The cards, which were produced by prisoners working in Corrective Services Industries, feature photographs and information about 52 unsolved homicide cases or suspicious disappearances.

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