Jails full to bursting with a recent surge in arrests pushing their populations higher and higher – a prisons crisis is unfolding in the Northern Territory with one remote community more over-represented behind bars than any other. The new NT government is also carrying out its promise to get tougher on crime with laws coming into force and dozens more people incarcerated since Christmas alone. Matt Garrick travelled to Wadeye 400km southwest of Darwin to find out what's being done to stem this social disaster and stop the vicious cycle of crime.
