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| Missing funerals can be dire |
| By The New Zealand Herald |
| Published: 09/08/2008 |
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NEW ZEALAND - Missing the funeral of a relative or close friend could have devastating consequences for prisoners, says former Prison Fellowship director Kim Workman. He was commenting on the Department of Corrections' decision not to release John Maeva snr for Tuesday's funeral of his son John who was killed in an execution-style shooting last month. Family and friends protested outside Auckland Prison at Paremoremo at the weekend in an attempt to persuade the department to release John Maeva snr who is serving a sentence for manufacturing P. Mr Workman said prisoners needed a lot of help to get over missing a funeral. They blamed themselves because they knew if they had not been in prison, they would have been able to go, so there was a lot of guilt attached, he told Newstalk ZB. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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