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As the global pandemic got underway in 2020, thousands of prisoners were waiting on remand for their day in court - and as the nation went into lockdown and courts were shut to all but priority proceedings, the number peaked to a total of 3,487 by May 2020.
And while these figures are beginning to fall, lawyers are still reporting higher workloads. The stress of which is having an impact on their wellbeing. Meanwhile the delays are impeding thousands from getting access to the justice system in a timely manner.
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He is the only person to be designated the status of terrorist in New Zealand.
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is fighting the restrictions he has during his life imprisonment on human rights grounds, according to legal sources who were not cleared to speak on the record.
Under the Corrections Act, everyone in custody is entitled to exercise, bedding, a proper diet, one private visitor a week, a legal adviser, medical treatment, healthcare, mail and telephone calls.
But there are exceptions. Entitlements can be withheld for various reasons including being segregated or in protective custody, health and safety or because it s not practicable.
Victims families and survivors were notified about the hearing on Wednesday afternoon.
The directorate, created on July 1, 2019, was set up in response to the massacre and looks after the countryâs most dangerous inmates.
Corrections national commissioner Rachel Leota previously said it was âmade up of staff from a range of disciplines across the organisation and ensures that we have the best intelligence, information, assessment and planning around the management of offenders who present with significant unique risks, which have the potential to cause significant harm or distress, either directly or indirectlyâ.
Few other details about the directorateâs work have been revealed, with corrections redacting information in documents because of concerns about divulging âhighly sensitive operational detailâ.