The good news is that it's apparently easy to escape private security forces in Australia on the way to your parole board hearing. The bad news is that they're allowed to hit you in the groin with stun grenades to recapture you
One of serial South Australian escapee Drew Griffiths' bolts for freedom has cost a private security firm $50,000.
G4S was negligent in its duty when it let a handcuffed Griffiths, 33, force a van door open and escape at the parole board premises in Adelaide on March 22, SA Minister for Correctional Services Tom Koutsantonis said.
Correctional Services chief executive Peter Severin said Griffiths had just been seen by the board.
Griffiths was recaptured in a bush outside a home in Para Vista, in Adelaide's northern suburbs, only after police hit him in the groin with stun grenades after negotiations failed.
Griffiths suffered serious groin injuries and was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Mr Koutsantonis said G4S was fined $50,000 and a raft of new security measures, including modifications to gates at the parole board, was instigated following a review into Griffiths' first escape.
"Any escape of any prisoner is unacceptable and this government has taken all the measures it can against G4S," the minister said in a statement.
Griffiths made a second bid for freedom on April 7 from Royal Adelaide Hospital, where he was still being treated for the groin injuries he suffered during his first escape.
He allegedly stabbed a Correctional Services guard at the hospital with a pencil or a pen and fled on foot.
He was caught shortly afterwards while allegedly attempting a carjacking.
Since Griffiths' escape from hospital Correctional Services has begun planning to form a dedicated high-risk prisoner transfer unit of armed officers tasked with controlling hospital and other transfers.
G4S was negligent in its duty when it let a handcuffed Griffiths, 33, force a van door open and escape at the parole board premises in Adelaide on March 22, SA Minister for Correctional Services Tom Koutsantonis said.
Correctional Services chief executive Peter Severin said Griffiths had just been seen by the board.
Griffiths was recaptured in a bush outside a home in Para Vista, in Adelaide's northern suburbs, only after police hit him in the groin with stun grenades after negotiations failed.
Griffiths suffered serious groin injuries and was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Mr Koutsantonis said G4S was fined $50,000 and a raft of new security measures, including modifications to gates at the parole board, was instigated following a review into Griffiths' first escape.
"Any escape of any prisoner is unacceptable and this government has taken all the measures it can against G4S," the minister said in a statement.
Griffiths made a second bid for freedom on April 7 from Royal Adelaide Hospital, where he was still being treated for the groin injuries he suffered during his first escape.
He allegedly stabbed a Correctional Services guard at the hospital with a pencil or a pen and fled on foot.
He was caught shortly afterwards while allegedly attempting a carjacking.
Since Griffiths' escape from hospital Correctional Services has begun planning to form a dedicated high-risk prisoner transfer unit of armed officers tasked with controlling hospital and other transfers.
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