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Source: ONE News
The introduction of a single entry has made it tougher to smuggle drugs into the Mt Eden and Auckland Central Remand (ACRP) prisons, the Department of Corrections says.
All staff, visitors and contractors will now enter the combined site through a single point and will be searched using a metal detector and x-ray machine, department spokeswoman Grace Smit said.
"This brings the practices at Mt Eden and ACRP into line with other newer prison sites around the country," she said
The single point of entry has been constructed as part of the Mt Eden/ACRP Redevelopment Project.
In the last financial year positive random drug tests on prisoners nationally gave the lowest result since drug tests began in 1998 at 10.5%.
The Department of Directions says this is evidence that an increased focus on stopping drugs entering prisons is paying off.
