Oxford criminologist 'outraged' by NZ women's prisons
An expert on America's 'supermax' jails says the way women are treated in New Zealand prisons is "extremely troubling".
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An expert on America's 'supermax' jails says the way women are treated in New Zealand prisons is "extremely troubling".
A Corrections officer thought they were going to die during a savage, violent attack that left four Otago Corrections Facility staff needing hospital tre
The inmates were moved to Arohata on Wednesday. Seven were due to take part in a drug treatment programme at the prison.
Only two out of 13 police staff were wearing police's PPE properly when processing a woman who later tested positive.
Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday shows while health boards are vaccinating at 103 per cent to overall target, six DHBs are lagging behind. Wairarapa DHB came in last, hitting just 89 per cent of the target, while Nelson Marlborough DHB is the highest performing, at 146 per cent. To date, Auckland’s three DHBs have done 28,000 fewer vaccines than planned, while the other main centres of Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley (100 per cent) and (Canterbury 103 per cent) are at least hitting target. Group 2 – high risk frontline workers and people living in high-risk places – curr...