‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds 57 inmates across Australia killed themselves using ligature points that authorities knew about but failed to remove

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A staggering 57 Australians have killed themselves in the past two decades using hanging points in prisons that authorities knew about but failed to remove, a Guardian investigation has found.