Photo: FilesSpecial security measures for locking up the Christchurch mosque gunman will cost taxpayers $3.6 million over two years, newly released documents reveal. Special security funding is likely to continue through Tarrant's years of incarceration. Special "high-risk" screeningIn addition to the extra security measures, Cabinet also approved $800,000 for Corrections to establish a special process for screening "high risk" prisoners' mail. Previously, prisoners' mail screening was not centralised. A Corrections spokeswoman said the department was unable to provide further detail quickly about the cost of Tarrant's security.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 03, 2020 18:33 UTC