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Adelaide Remand Centre fined $100,000 for prisoner Jason Burdon’s clothes rope escape
The South Australian Government has fined the privately operated Adelaide Remand Centre $100,000 over the escape of prisoner Jason Burdon last month.
Key points:
- Police said Jason Burdon escaped the maximum security prison in December
- Prison operator Serco has been fined $100,000 over the incident
- Several reviews into how the escape occurred are continuing
Police said Mr Burdon fled from the maximum security prison’s kitchen area on the morning of December 1, using items of clothing as a rope to climb out of a metal louvre window.
They said he got away on a stolen electric bicycle and then allegedly stole a four-wheel drive from West Lakes Shore and was recaptured, 15 kilometres south of the city, more than 24 hours later.
The 33-year-old…
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