Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility, a SERCO run high security men’s prison located at Wiri, in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Sam Olley
Police have charged a man with murder following the death of an inmate and the assault of another man at the Auckland South Corrections Facility in Wiri yesterday.
The 47-year-old man will appear in the Manukau District Court on 29 December.
He is charged with one count of murder and one count of wounding.
Serco, who runs the facility, said yesterday a prisoner assaulted two other prisoners while working in the prison kitchen.
Detective Inspector Warrick Adkin said police had told the deceased man's family.
The second victim remained in a serious but stable condition in hospital, he said.