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| Waist restraints introduced |
| By NZPA |
| Published: 04/28/2008 |
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NEW ZEALAND - The Department of Corrections started testing waist restraints last year, following criticism of transport security after the murder of 17-year-old Liam Ashley in August 2006. Liam's killer, George Charlie Baker, strangled him and stomped on his head in a van taking them to Auckland Central Remand Prison at Mt Eden. The death prompted a damning Ombudsmen's report into prisoner transport. The department's chief custodial adviser Bryan McMurray said today the nationwide roll out had begun in the central region. He said Corrections was committed to "safety, securely and humanely transporting prisoners". Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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