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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