Inders to the NT News

Having just completed a stint in Darwin's Berrimah jail, I feel it is time for Australia's prisons to account for their water and power usage.

I was appalled at the waste – especially of water – literally going down the drain at Berrimah. It wasn't just in the hundreds of litres daily, but thousands.

Power seems also to be in unlimited supply, with spotlight towers left on 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Territorians are unlikely to suffer water restrictions for the foreseeable future. But if I lived interstate, I would be very concerned at practices hydrological inside our prisons.

Rob Inder-Smith
Nightcliff
Darwin

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Pubdate: Wed, 25 April 2006 (Date approx.)
Source: Northern Territory News (Australia)
Author: Rob Inder-Smith (letter to the editor)
Copyright: 2006 Northern Territory News
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