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Callum Godde

RARE PHOTOS: Housing problems behind bars on parole | Rare Historical Photos

Victorian prisoners are being denied parole due to a lack of suitable housing, new data shows. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Unsuitable housing was behind a third of Victorian prisoners' parole requests being denied, prompting a call to supercharge social housing stocks.

New data shows 116 parole applications in Victoria were rejected last financial year because of an absence of suitable accommodation or insufficient time left on the prisoner's sentence to find an appropriate alternative.

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