Search continues for missing prisoner
Up to 20 police, some of them armed, are searching the area around Auckland Prison at Paremoremo after an inmate cut his way through a double perimeter fence and escaped today.
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Private prisons bill passed
Privately run prisons are on the Government's agenda after Parliament today passed a bill allowing them to be handed over.
Judge gets tough on violence
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Graeme Burton guilty of attempted murder
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Prison visitor arrested after drugs and cash found in car
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