Nine uncovers prison files

The Nine Network is set to publish details of alleged sexual misconduct by prison officers.

Nine obtained the Corrections Victoria documents earlier this year via Justice Victoria human error. It then advised the State Government which ordered a Supreme Court injunction barring publication.

A six day hearing has resulted in a magistrate allowing the publication of some of the details.

According to The Age, the documents contain information about a prisoner who alleged she was subjected to sexual misconduct by a prison officer while in custody; investigation plans regarding alleged sexual assaults of prisoners by prison officers; a departmental investigation into a prisoner suicide and a report prepared for the Western Australian Department of Justice.

An investigation was held into alleged consensual intercourse between a mentally ill female prisoner and a staff member after her cell door was found unlocked.

The inquiry also dealt with additional allegations of consensual sex with a second prison officer.

Other files have been suppressed.

Source: The Age