NT Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley says 66 male prisoners have been moved into the re-purposed Berrimah jail, with another 50 set to be transferred there from Holtze by Christmas.

He told Katie Woolf prisoner number have increased by 100 in a month, which is more than he’d expected.

The Commissioner also says nine new corrections officers will be sworn-in in Darwin today followed by another eight in Alice Springs tomorrow, with 40 new recruits starting their training in January – the largest intake yet.

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