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  "id": 3693670,
  "title": "Minimum security wing unused for a decade despite prison overcrowding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/minimum-security-wing-unused-for-a-decade-despite-prison-overcrowding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T06:16:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/eastern-goldfields-regional-prison-minimum-security-wing-unused/107083554"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The minimum-security wing at a $232 million prison in regional WA has never been used, despite union claims that prisoners are sleeping on the floor in other parts of the facility.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}