Jail expansion promised in Vic budget

Updated May 24 2019 - 2:08pm, first published 2:03pm
Corrections Minister Ben Carroll says the Victorian budget focus on improving the state's prisons.
Corrections Minister Ben Carroll says the Victorian budget focus on improving the state's prisons.

More than $1.8 billion will be poured into Victoria's prisons as the state's inmate population swells after a tightening of bail laws.

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