Rimutaka prison guard jailed for corruptly smuggling in phones, tobacco, food
He used to be on the right side of the bars. Now a prison guard will experience life on the other side of lock and key.Alofainu’uTuisamoa, 42, a corrections officer at Rimutaka prison for 10 years, was jailed on Friday for taking $36,400 from prisoners in return for supplying them with goods like phones, tobacco and fast food.
Tuisamoa, who was caught as part of another investigation within the prison, was sentenced by Wellington District Court judge Denys Barry to two years and two months jail.
He had pleaded guilty to corruptly accepting a bribe to take in unauthorised items to a prisoner and of supplying tobacco against the regulations.
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