Jails crowded by men on remand but DV victims still vulnerable

March 28, 2026 — 5:00am

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The Minns government must give serious consideration to protecting the victims of domestic violence in budget preparations.

So far, the government has put most of its eggs in one basket and concentrated its pursuit of the perpetrators by augmenting the powers of police and the courts.

One consequence, as the Herald’s Bevan Shields tellingly reports, is that the state’s corrections system is now clogged by men on remand.

Currently, 13,133 people are in NSW prisons. The sentenced population is now 7052 but the other 6081 are on remand – an astounding increase of nearly 37 per cent in just over five years.........

© The Sydney Morning Herald