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A prisoner has been placed on directed segregation after allegedly assaulting his cellmate who remains in hospital with serious injuries.
It comes amid a Corrections review of a risk assessment tool used in deciding whether prisoners are suitable to share a cell, after two suspected murders in nine months.
Mt Eden Corrections Facility general manager Dion Paki confirmed to RNZ staff found a prisoner had been injured a
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