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One of the Urban Kai Network s five farms at Rimutaka Prison. Common Unity founder Julia Milne co-ordinates the project, which produces meals for children at four schools and for Women s Refuge. More than 30 inmates, seven charity staff and a base of 300 volunteers harvest the crops, which are made into meals at their community kitchen and base, the ReMakery, in the Lower Hutt suburb of Fairfield, and distributed around the community to at least four schools and Women s Refuge. Common Unity founder Julia Milne said last year, 40,000 meals were produced as a result of the project. But in September, the contraband find, which Milne labelled a “really significant security breach” has meant changes have been made to the way the charity and Corrections operate.