Spending on Victorian jails hits record high

By Henrietta Cook
Updated January 29 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 3:28pm

Spending on Victorian jails has hit a record high under the Napthine government's tough on crime agenda, with the state's spiralling prisoner population increasing by almost 12 per cent in the last three years.

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