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Inmate Covid cases double at NZ's only privately-run prison

18:07 pm on 21 February 2022

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The number of inmates infected with Covid has doubled in just a few days inside the country's only privately run prison.

There's now 109 inmates who are positive at the Auckland South Corrections Facility - run by Serco.

That's up from 50 on Friday. There's also two cases at the Mount Eden jail.

Joining us now is Corrections' Deputy National Commissioner Leigh Marsh.