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Corrections defends slow progress on Hōkai Rangi strategy


Corrections defends slow progress on Hōkai Rangi strategy
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The Corrections official responsible for implementing its Hōkai Rangi strategy says more time is needed for the programme to work effectively.
A report by the Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier into the country s only maximum security prison Paremoremo revealed that prisoners were being locked in cells for up to 23 hours a day, despite opening up new units for rehabilitation.
He also found two breaches of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
That caught the ire of former prisoner and justice reform advocate Awatea Mita who says she was appalled at the findings. ....

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