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The family of a man who died 10 days after allegedly being assaulted by his cellmate at Mt Eden prison want Corrections to be held accountable for any failures that led to his death.
Jonathan Peter Trubuhovich died in Auckland City Hospital on Tuesday. The 69-year-old's death is the third homicide investigation involving inmates in double-bunk cells at the prison since September last year.
A spokesperson for the Trubuhovich family says they are in "shock" at his death.
"We do want Corrections to be held accountable in any area where there has been a lapse in oversight where procedure wasn't followed.
"This is the third one, we don't want this to happen to another family. We don't want Jonathan to have died without some sort of progress in Corrections."
RNZ has obtained several documents in relation to Trubuhovich's criminal history, which details nearly 200 convictions, mainly for shoplifting, burglary and other theft as well as convictions for assault.
He was remanded in custody to Mt Eden prison on 7 May and was due to be sentenced in the Auckland District Court on 15 December on charges of burglary by night, shoplifting and disorderly behaviour.
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