A New Zealand prison suffered a reversal of the norm
when it became the victim of a break-in.
Police said Saturday that thieves had broken into the prison at
New Plymouth, on the west coast of the North Island, just before
midnight and stolen a large plasma television.
"If any members of the public saw anyone carrying a big TV at
that time of night, or heard or saw anything in the area of the
prison, let police know," Sergeant Thomas McIntyre said.
The New Plymouth Prison is the oldest operating jail in New
Zealand, having been in continuous use since the 1860s when it was
converted from an army hospital.
The old jailhouse is surrounded by a large stone wall topped
with razor wire, while a newer unit is surrounded by a fence topped
with barbed wire.