3 Jun 2021

Managed isolation escape attempts dropping after police decision to prosecute

From Morning Report, 7:26 am on 3 June 2021

Fewer people have attempted to escape managed isolation and quarantine facilities since police decided to prosecute all absconders.

Sixty-two people broke the rules in the year after MIQ was opened, in a total of forty-four separate incidents, but just three of those happened in the first four months of this year.

RNZ reporter Ben Strang spoke to Philippa Tolley.