Corrections needs a correctionPHOTO: STUFF Corrections has paid out tens of thousands of dollars in compo for keeping people in prison beyond their release dates. READ MORE:* Judges irked hearing prisoners' compensation case* Corrections might get off lightly in compensation case* $10,000 for a month too long in jail* Prisoner released too late awarded $50,000Those pillars are rocked when the likes of killer Phillip Smith is paid compensation for being denied access to his toupee; they are shaken when another inmate sues Corrections for falling out of their bunk. And there appears to be little sympathy for those crying foul over organised fighting in some of our jails. Corrections has paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation to people held in prison beyond their release dates. Corrections appears not to be too concerned at the prospect of being sued and having to pay compensation; it has insurance to cover such things.

Source: Stuff February 19, 2018 16:01 UTC