Despite a high-profile escape from the south London jail only months earlier, conditions were so chaotic at the time of the inspection that most staff could not reliably say where all prisoners were during the day, Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, reported with obvious near disbelief. There was no reliable roll that could assure leaders that all prisoners were accounted for, he wrote.
If that's not aggravating enough, every morning, when I'm lying down in my bunk here at Eastern Correctional Facility, a max prison located in Napanoch, New York, I'm forced to hear the same prisoner in a neighboring cell ask the same question to different corrections officers taking the list of our three-times-daily choice of activities. The same fist-clenching answer makes me and other prisoners want to melt down.
The case comes after 200 psychiatrists threatened to resign in January, saying it was not about the money but being unable to continue working in a system causing them moral injury, knowing they were providing substandard care to their patients when one in three permanent psychiatrists positions were vacant. The doctors' union, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (Asmof), representing the psychiatrists against NSW Health, argued the special levy was necessary to avoid the collapse of psychiatric care in the state.
Nursing homes are facing staff shortages exacerbated by immigration policy changes, leading to the loss of employees with Temporary Protected Status. This impacts caregiving roles significantly.