Mother of Blake Lee calls for accountability after son’s prison murder
Blake Lee's mother is seeking accountability from Corrections after her son was killed by another inmate at Auckland Prison in 2020.
Blake Lee was fatally stabbed by a fellow prisoner in an exercise yard at Auckland Prison in 2020. His mother is now calling for Corrections to be held accountable for his death. An inquest into the 25-year-old's murder has concluded, with the prison's management of gang member placements at the facility under scrutiny.
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Mother of man murdered in Auckland Prison wants accountability from Corrections
Blake Lee was shanked to death by another inmate in an exercise yard inside Auckland Prison at Paremoremo in 2020.
NZ Herald
Mother of man murdered in Auckland Prison wants accountability from Corrections
Blake Lee's mother wants Corrections held accountable for his death in Auckland Prison.
Newstalk ZB
Mother of man murdered in Auckland Prison wants accountability from Corrections
By Finn Blackwell of RNZ
RNZ
'Doesn't bring Blake back' – inquest into 25-year-old murdered in maximum security prison concludes
Prison head defends the mixing of gang members at Paremoremo.