Corrections apologise over family contact delay after Mt Eden Corrections Facility homicide
A man died in Mt Eden Corrections Facility on Friday. It took Corrections until today to contact his family. Photo / Michael Craig
Corrections has apologised over a delay in contacting the family of a man killed at Mt Eden Corrections Facility.
About 4pm on Friday police learned a man had died 'following an incident'.
Police said the death was being treated as a homicide.
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