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| 'Paying twice' for jail transport |
| By The Dominion Post |
| Published: 01/26/2009 |
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NEW ZEALAND - Double murderer Graeme Burton and other high-security inmates have been deemed too dangerous for new contractors to transport to court, so [corrections officers] have been called in instead. [Corrections officers] say they are better placed to do the work but are questioning why taxpayers have to pay twice for the service. Burton, 38, is facing fresh charges of trying to kill a fellow inmate with a knife in Auckland Prison at Paremoremo last month. He and other notorious high-security inmates, some caught up in the alleged 12-member P-dealing ring from Paremoremo and Spring Hill prisons, were taken to court last week by corrections [officers]. Last year Danish contractors First Security 2008 bought the contract to transport all Auckland prisoners to and from court. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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