New Zealand
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New Zealand: coroner calls for urgent support for incarcerated people as parolee dies after 30 years in jail
A coroner is calling for urgent psychological support for incarcerated people before and after their release, following the death of a man who served almost 30 years of a life sentence for murder.
New Zealand: UN torture committee warns government about rising prison population
The UN’s warning about the country’s prison population, high proportion of people held on remand, and the potential impact on Māori and Pasifika comes on the heels of Treasury’s concerns about the associated ballooning costsNew Zealand: 'a relentlessly dull world', the case for adding more colour to grey prisons
Prisons are not colourful places. Typically, they are grey or some variation of a monochrome colour scheme. But increasingly, such a limited palette is being questioned for its impact on health and rehabilitation.New Zealand: 'history repeats' for former state wards in prison
Contracts for the Improving Mental Health Service is due to end from June 2025. Mental health workers fear some imprisoned people who are suicidal, psychotic or suffering other serious psychological problems will be left without support when their contracts end.New Zealand: corrections incapable of rehabilitating imprisoned people, critics say
Prison reform advocates say the Corrections department is unable to deliver effective rehabilitation for imprisoned people. In the last financial year, Corrections spent $376 million on rehabilitation - but most of the programmes it ran reduced reoffending by less than 2 percent.