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These were not historical accounts of 19th century institutional cruelty, or tales involving some mad faraway sect. They were appalling, shaming depictions of childbirth from women under the care, or control anyway, of New Zealand’s Department of Corrections. Let the record show that these accounts, published by
Stuff on Sunday, conflict in vivid and explicit ways with the generalised assurances from the department about what its policy is. Let the record also show policies and practices have time and again proven to be markedly different things in our society, including our government departments where training is not always all it should be.
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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.