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| NZ Prison Violence Due To Close Quarters |
| By scoop.co.nz |
| Published: 08/03/2010 |
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“The real issue is not how prisoners got access to weapons, or manufacture them. The real issue is why weapon possession is increasingly becoming a feature of prison life”, says Kim Workman or Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was responding to recent criticism of the Department of Corrections, for failing to control prisoner access to weapons. “In 2008/9, the Department reported that there were 515 serious assaults on prisoners, or about 1 in every 16 prisoners. However, the National Health Committee report states that all of the prisoners it interviewed said they had been involved in at least one violent incident while in prison. Read More. |
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