Treated like nothing : New complaints of shocking medical care at Auckland women s prison Newshub 2 hrs ago
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Female prisoners are making an emotional plea to be treated like humans , complaining they re 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 Women s Corrections Facility (ARWCF) in letters supplied to Newshub.
It comes after the mistreatment of female prisoners was put under the spotlight after two women were gassed in their cells and forced to perform a humiliating ritual to be fed.
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Te Pāti Māori has called for an urgent ministerial inquiry into the treatment of inmates, following a judge's ruling that prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in an "inhumane" and "degrading" manner.
Corrections has called in the police over a prison pamphlet expressing support for a destructive riot, and Minister Kelvin Davis has used it as a political cudgel.