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Ryan Bridge: Another dodgy story from Corrections
This prison escape story is fishy as hell.
And in the week of cover ups and ass-covering, this walks, talks, and quacks like another one.
On Friday last week at 9am, an inmate escapes Mt Eden prison.
But the public isn’t told. No media release. No warning to the public. Radio silence.
Then on Tuesday, a media report pops up. It looks like a journo has got wind of this story.
Corrections then confirm a prisoner has escaped but they don’t tell us who or how or anything.
Was this guy a murderer? Is he a risk to the public? Why can’t we know why he is?
Four days on the run by that stage and they…
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