Questions about death in jail
PA Wellington The death of a young man in Mount Eden Prison from a drug overdose showed the need for much tighter security, said the Opposition’s spokesman on justice, Mr Paul East, yesterday. He called on the Minister of Justice, Mr Palmer, to explain how prison inmates could get narcotics. The Auckland Coroner on Wednesday found that Boyer Schwenke, aged 27, an unemployed labourer, of Grey Lynn, died from complications after a self-
inflicted overdose of mor-.
phine-type drugs. After he collapsed,, white, powder was found? on the cell floor. Schwenke had visitors that day.
Needles and a syringe had been confiscated from his cell earlier, something that Mr East said was particularly serious. The incident should be' investigated further to establish how widespread ! was the availability of? drugs in the prison sys-.j tern, said Mr East •,
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Press, 24 January 1986, Page 4
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