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Department of Corrections Press Releases, New Zealand
In the 10 months to July 2010 the number of prisoners in employment and job training increased 9 percent (from 4415 to 4791). More than half the prison population was in some form of employment or training during the 2009/10 year.
A staff member has been praised after they took action to foil a prisoner’s plan to escape from custody by pretending to be unwell.
Staff at Otago Corrections Facility caught a drug smuggler; a new prisoner smuggling drugs internally.