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| Subject: OZschwitz 'justice': A thousand allegations of abuse for just 18 prosecutions, Ombudsman reveals Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:10 am | |
| More than 1000 incidents of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities have been reported to the state government in the past two years, the NSW Ombudsman has revealed, but only a tiny fraction have been prosecuted.
These include nearly 500 criminal allegations of abuse of people with a disability by employees and residents in supported accommodation, according to figures provided exclusively to the Herald.
Some 275 of these criminal allegations are against employees and include sexual offences, assaults and fraud against people with a disability in supported accommodation services run or funded by the state government.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/a-thousand-allegations-of-abuse-for-just-18-prosecutions-nsw-ombudsman-reveals-20160830-gr4s0w.html |
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