Warning: This article discusses suicide and could be distressing for some people.
A leading advocate for prison reform says distressing findings of how an inmate was treated should lead to significant change within the criminal justice system.
Auckland Women s prison seems to have created a harmful environment for people working there, Professor Tracey McIntosh says.
Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly
Documents obtained by RNZ shows Auckland Women s Prison planned to keep Mihi Bassett in a segregation unit known as the pound indefinitely - breaking laws governing how, and how long, prisoners can be held there.
Guards also threatened to pepper-spray her minutes after she attempted suicide.