Vic: Prisoners have toll free line to Ombudsman

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2006
Vic: Prisoners have toll free line to Ombudsman

Inmates in Victoria's prisons now have a toll free direct phone line to the state Ombudsman
so they can report corrupt police.

A Corrections Victoria spokesman says the 1800 hotline .. direct to the Office of Police
Integrity which is attached to the state ombudsman's office .. is now available in prisons.

The spokesman told The Herald Sun newspaper the number gives inmates the same access
to the independent watchdog as everyone else .. similar to prisons in other jurisdictions.

The OPI handles complaints against police .. as well as conducting investigations into
a range of systemic issues and police corruption.

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