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It is hard to accept: Father of Amber-Rose Rush reacts to her killers death Newshub 2 hrs ago Mark Quinlivan © Video - Newshub; Image - File Venod Skantha died in an Otago prison on the same day his appeal was dismissed. Warning: Distressing content The father of murdered teenager Amber-Rose Rush says the death of her killer "is hard to accept". Officials confirmed convicted murderer Venod Skantha died at the Otago Corrections Facility on Wednesday - the same day his appeal...

Close Ad Corrections say they werent aware of Venod Skanthas denied appeal before he was found dead in jail • Source:  1 NEWS Corrections say they werent aware of Venod Skanthas denied appeal before he was found dead at Otago Corrections Facility yesterday afternoon. Venod Skantha. Source: 1 NEWS The former Dunedin doctor was serving...

Murderer doctor Venod Skantha: Corrections not told of lost appeal before his sudden death 15 Apr, 2021 05:58 PM 3 minutes to read The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald Otago Daily Times By: Daisy Hudson The sudden death in prison of Dunedin murderer Venod Skantha has sparked calls for an overhaul of court policy. The former doctor, who mu...

Treated like nothing: New complaints of shocking medical care at Auckland womens prison Newshub 2 hrs ago Warning: Distressing content Female prisoners are making an emotional plea to be "treated like humans", complaining theyre finding it difficult to access medical care behind bars and "waiting for months" to be seen by a doctor.  The medical system in place has been condemned by two women currently locked up at Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility (ARWCF) in letters supplied to New...

“I sort of just felt it was something I had to put up with. “And if you tell, that’s what I thought initially, it’s going to make it harder on me.” It happened about 10 times in the space of a month, she said. She told a female officer, but later that day saw her walking past her cell window with the alleged abuser. Feeling that her complaint hadn’t been taken seriously, she pressed the emergency button in her cell, and from there the issue was escalated to senior staff. Co...

RICKY WILSON/STUFF Prisoner advocate Tui Letele and former inmate Cici Cheng speak out after Fung Chu Sze, 58, died at the Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility. But a Corrections spokeswoman said the planned overseas release “presented a number of challenges due to [Sze’s] condition and Covid-19 border restrictions”. Sze, who had served six years for importing drugs, instead died in her cell. She had been for her second chemotherapy appointment only the day before. Benji Sze sa...

Since then, Stuff has spoken to her son, as well as a former inmate and friend. Both said Sze had been complaining of pain and discomfort months before she was seen by doctors. When she was eventually examined towards the end of 2020, she was first diagnosed with sarcoidosis, her son, Benji Sze, said. She complained the medication she was prescribed was not effective, and she was still in pain. But it wasn’t until early February, when she was given a more comprehensive health check, th...

Death due to 'natural causes as a result of a pre-existing medical condition' - jail boss.

The woman was an inmate at the Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility in Wiri.

Warning: This article discusses suicide and could be distressing for some people. A leading advocate for prison reform says distressing findings of how an inmate was treated should lead to significant change within the criminal justice system. Auckland Womens prison seems to have created a harmful environment for people working there, Professor Tracey McIntosh says. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly Documents obtained by RNZ shows Auckland Womens Prison planned to keep Mihi Bassett in a se...