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Ryan Bridge: Another dodgy story from Corrections · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: This prison escape story, I reckon sounds fishy as hell
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  Speaker 1: in the week of cover ups and ass covering. If
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  Speaker 1: it walks and talks and quacks like something, then it
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  Speaker 1: probably is. Remember if it walks like a duck and
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  Speaker 1: it quacks like a duck, it's not looking good, is it. No?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think this one's looking good. On Friday, last week,
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  Speaker 1: nine am, and inmate escapes mounted in prison. The public
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  Speaker 1: isn't told, no media release, no warning, radio silence. Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: a media report finally pops up, and it looks like
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  Speaker 1: a journalist has actually got wind of the story. Corrections
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  Speaker 1: then confirm a prisoner has escaped, but they don't tell
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  Speaker 1: us who, how anything. Was the guy a murderer? Is
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  Speaker 1: he arisk to the public? Why can't we know who
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  Speaker 1: he is? I think they're legitimate questions. Four days on
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  Speaker 1: the run and by that stage still haven't found him,
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  Speaker 1: and there's some bs about safety being their top priority,
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  Speaker 1: blah blah blah, but nothing about hey, look out, there's
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  Speaker 1: someone on the loose. Then yesterday a release goes out.
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  Speaker 1: They finally name this guy and put out a photo.
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  Speaker 1: Six days after he escapes, they haven't been able to
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  Speaker 1: catch him. And they still don't say if he's a
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  Speaker 1: risk to the public. His name is Paul Karl piquet Riehu.
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  Speaker 1: Quick Google search last night find out pretty quickly why
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  Speaker 1: they didn't want us to know. Why they didn't release
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  Speaker 1: it for six days. This guy has escaped prison before
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  Speaker 1: in twenty ten, but embarrassing for them, isn't it? And
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  Speaker 1: I've been asking Corrections for an interview since this story
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  Speaker 1: broke and computer says no, why because there's an internal
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  Speaker 1: review going on. So what you don't get to hide
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  Speaker 1: and cover up your mistakes and wait till the dust settlers.
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  Speaker 1: Your front up and you own them. When this guy
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  Speaker 1: escaped last time, Corrections immediately put out a release. They
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  Speaker 1: warned the public not to approach him. They said he
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  Speaker 1: was dangerous, and they said he had an extensive criminal history.
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  Speaker 1: This time round, no warnings whatsoever. Is he friendly now,
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  Speaker 1: you know? Or are they again but covering God's sakes?
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  Speaker 1: Take a leaf out of police's book and front up.
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  Speaker 1: The longer you leave this the dodgier you look. For
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