Nationally, there have been 1470 investigations in the past five years. Photo / Supplied
Nationally, there have been 1470 investigations in the past five years. Photo / Supplied
More than 120 investigations have been carried out into misconduct by Corrections Officers at Southern prisons in recent years.
One officer at Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) was fired as a result, while two others resigned during their investigations.
Information provided by the Department of Corrections under the Official Information Actshows there were 73 investigations at OCF and 57 at Invercargill Prison over the past five years.
Of those, a total of 99 were upheld in some capacity.
At OCF, 29 investigations were for careless or unsafe behaviour, 13 for inappropriate behaviour or relationships, and 16 for misuse of information or information systems.
Three were for illegal activity, and three related to contraband.
Careless or unsafe behaviour was the biggest reason for investigations at Invercargill Prison, relating to 51.
Four were for inappropriate behaviour or relationships, and one was for illegal activity.