Questions are being raised over the spending priorities within corrections. 

Head office numbers have blown out to more than a thousand. 

But it's the salary structure that Sensible Sentencing wants to know more about, 541 staff are earning between $100,000 - $200,000. 

The number paid over $200,000 has tripled from 21 staff to 57. 

On the front line though, there are complaints about staff shortages. 

Sensible Sentencing's Darroch Ball joined the Summer Breakfast. 

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