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25 June 2004
By PATRICK CREWDSON and LEAH HAINES
The Corrections Department is paroling criminals to live in backpacker hostels for months, often without telling the hostels they are there.
Three are living in hostels where they have been for between two and seven months, Corrections probation manager Katrina Casey confirmed last night.
At least one has been convicted of a violent crime. "
