A report into the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit (PERU) at Auckland Prison says there have been human rights breaches there, with some prisoners having spent as much as 900 days in solitary confinement. International human rights state the maximum stay in solitary confinement is 15 days. Extreme risk Set up in 2019 in the Read more
The Department of Corrections is defending its treatment of prisoners after a United Nations report criticised the state of New Zealand’s detention centres. The report said many remand prisoners and youth detainees were being held in cells for 19 hours a day, while some were being fed “frozen leftovers” and others were having to take Read more