Oaks Estate a de facto mental health detention centre, say residents

By David Ellery
Updated May 27 2016 - 4:47pm, first published 3:38pm
Welcome to Oaks Estate, the suburb where the only retail business is a liquor store and no buses run.  Photo: Graham Tidy
Welcome to Oaks Estate, the suburb where the only retail business is a liquor store and no buses run. Photo: Graham Tidy

Dozens of run-down Housing ACT properties are being used as a dumping ground for the homeless, the mentally ill and those just released from the Alexander Maconochie Centre, according to residents of the ACT's smallest suburb, Oaks Estate.

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