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'Management knew staff were smuggling drugs into Brook House,' inquiry hears
Protesters at the conditions in Brook House detention centre

SENIOR staff at Brook House detention centre “were aware that staff were smuggling drugs” into the facility, a former custody officer has claimed. 

Giving evidence to the ongoing inquiry into alleged mistreatment of detainees at the facility, Shayne Munroe said that when she worked at Brook House, detainees told her that staff were bringing in smart phones, money and the drugs cannabis and spice.

Custody managers and senior management likely knew this was happening, but didn’t act to prevent it, she claimed. 

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