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Corrections breaches UN standards for prisoners in Invercargill years after told to stop
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:03:31
Publish Date: 2025-07-28 04:36:00
Description: Corrections has continued to put Invercargill prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide in barren 'dry cells' - without toilets or running water - years after being told to stop. There has been another 14 instances of the practice since then-Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier found it breached UN standards for prisoner treatment in 2019. Katie Todd reports.
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