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New Zealand : Christmas behind bars - what our inmates will eat on December 25
There will be no trimmings, treats or trifle for the 10,000-odd prisoners behind bars this Christmas. The Department of Corrections has today released details of the Christmas Day menu for the inmates at its 18 prisons across the country.New Zealand : inmates at South Auckland prison locked down since Saturday over 'operational situation'
Up to 80 inmates at Wiri prison have been on lock-down since Saturday, 1 NEWS can reveal. The high security jail is run by Serco, a private British company. Inmates have told families they are frustrated at being locked in their cells since Saturday, without being given an explanation why. They had…New Zealand : why are there so many Maori in New Zealand's prisons ?
New Zealand has one of the highest incarceration rates in the Western world, and more than half of the prison population is Maori. Journalist Aaron Smale goes inside to find out why and discovers that it is a reflection of the country’s deeper inequalities.