Staffing 'not cause' of WA prison attack

By Michael Ramsey
Updated July 27 2020 - 10:26pm, first published 10:22pm
WA prison officers say understaffing could lead to more events like the 2018 Greenough jail riot.
WA prison officers say understaffing could lead to more events like the 2018 Greenough jail riot.

An attack on a prison guard in regional Western Australia by an inmate who jumped a fence and started throwing rocks has prompted a warning from the union, but the state government says the facility's staffing levels are appropriate.

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