CANBERRA Liberals are calling for a full review into the Alexander Maconochie Centre after an inmate was mistakenly released from it in December, says shadow Minister for Corrections Giulia Jones. 

Ms Jones says the prisoner, who was supposed to have remained in prison on a further remand warrant, was mistakenly released for about three days on December 16.

“This is not an isolated incident; it is yet another example in a string of disturbing failings by the Corrections Minister, who seems incapable or uninterested in properly running a professional facility,” she says.

“Late last year, I wrote to the Chief Minister seeking his advice as to whether he still maintained confidence in the Corrections Minister, given the many failings on his watch.

“Since April 2016, there have been four escapes, two deaths and violent bashings that left two Indigenous inmates hospitalised. Now, prisoners walk straight out the front door.”