BRENTON TARRANT HAS BEEN FATALLY STABBED IN PRISON
>Prisoner seriously injured following stabbing at Paremoremo Prison
This is the prison Brenton Tarrant has been held in solidarity confinement.
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>A man was seriously injured following an alleged attack at Paremoremo Prison yesterday afternoon.
>Emergency services were called to the Auckland prison just after 3pm yesterday after a male, aged in his 20's, had been stabbed.
>Prison Director Andy Langley confirmed a prisoner was taken to hospital after an alleged assault.
>"The area in which the assault took place is secured as a crime scene and police have been informed," he said.
>"Corrections will also carry out a full investigation into the incident, and will ensure all evidence is provided to police."
>Langley said they have a zero tolerance for violence policy.
>"Any violence or assaults against other prisoners or staff is not tolerated in prisons.
>"Any prisoner using such behaviour will be held to account for their actions, including facing criminal charges."
>He said staff are constantly working to ensure the prison provides the safest environment possible for staff and prisoners.
>"Our staff manage some of New Zealand's most dangerous people in a complex and challenging environment.
>"Over 75 per cent of the prison population have convictions for violence in their offending histories, and more than 90 per cent have had a lifetime diagnosis of a mental health or substance abuse disorder," he said.
>(((A (((spokesperson))) said the victim was not the man charged over last month's massacre in Christchurch.)))
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