Prison safety in focus after officer's horrific abuse

Less than a third of recommendations stemming from an inquiry into a rogue prison guard's sexual abuse have been implemented a year after a government committed to the reforms.

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Former corrections officer Wayne Astill was jailed for 23 years in 2023 for abusing nine women while working at the Dillwynia Correctional Centre in Sydney's west.

A subsequent inquiry found a string of failures in the state's prison system, including missed red flags that should have initially stopped Astill from ever being employed.

All recommendations from the Special Commission of Inquiry conducted by Peter McLellan KC, which delivered its findings in March las