Corrections Association New Zealand president Alan Whitley said staff should be praised for the way they safely managed a staff assault and incident on Monday evening. Staff were able to quickly regain "control of the facility without any injury to staff or prisoners". "This again shows the professional nature of our Corrections staff and the amazing job they do in very stressful and violent situations," Whitley said. According to the Corrections Association of New Zealand, 47 per cent of prisoner misconduct hearings do not result in an outcome. The association had been told by staff members at Auckland Prison that there was a prisoner there who had assaulted about 30 staff since 2017.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 21, 2020 22:52 UTC