A MILDURA woman recently released from prison has whined that it was "not really necessary" for a magistrate to keep her behind bars after she absconded from a rehabilitation facility and allegedly committed further offending.

The Mildura Magistrates' Court heard 21-year-old Shaniqua Kirby-Wightman had recently served a term of imprisonment when she is alleged to have stolen a Fijian national's credit card from a Mildu