Arohata prisoners escape attempt foiled

Published: 7:36AM Thursday May 21, 2009 Source: NZPA

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Staff foiled an escape attempt by two prisoners from Arohata women's prison in Wellington on Wednesday.

The prisoners climbed onto a roof from the exercise yard, then climbed down and were spotted by kitchen staff hiding behind a shed, prison manager Ann Abraham says.

"To be honest I don't know why they bothered leaving the yard in the first place. They didn't have anywhere else to go," Abraham says.

After going on the roof they would still have had to scale the six-metre high fence and get past the razor wire, she says.

They will now face disciplinary charges for the attempted escape.

"This will likely result in them facing cell confinement and loss of privileges to think about the stupidity of their actions," Abraham says.

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