The hunt is continuing tonight for a prisoner who escaped from hospital on Friday night.
Police were searching for Wipei Awatere, 29, who escaped from the custody of two Correction Department officers.
Awatere, a remand prisoner at Rimutaka, escaped from Hutt Hospital, a department spokesman said.
It was believed Awatere may have told officers he had swallowed razor blades as a ruse to be sent to hospital.
The department would conduct a review of how prisoners were managed in hospital, the spokesman said.
