MOUNT EDEN GAOL
NO FURTHER INQUIRY INTO RECENT DISTURBANCES.
(Press Association). ■ AUCKLAND, May 20.
The Minister of Justice was asked in the House of Representatives by Mr. Richards (G.), whether he would set «p a-Parliamentary or other committed to inquire- into the causes which led to the. recent disturbance at- Alt. Eden gaol, and, ‘further, whe-ther-he will have a thorough investigation made into the -system of -administration and the control of the prisons system in New Zealand.
The Hon. 11. G. R. Mason, in a written reply, stated that the ciieumstanccK leading to the recent disturbance at Mount Eden prison have been fully investigated and. reported to him and it was considered neither necessary nor -desirable to set .up aParliamentary or other committee to investigate the matter, further, he had taken pains personally to familiarise. himself with the administra., tion and control of: the prison system, and from his own investigation he was satisfied it is efficiently and humanely administered. and that no useful purpose would he achieved by arranging for an independent investigation at the present time.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12866, 21 May 1936, Page 7
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