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Prison inmate numbers hit all-time high in New Zealand
By newshub.co.nz- Lisa Owen
Published: 02/09/2018

Some of our prisons are close to overflowing, with the number of those behind bars hitting an all-time high this week.

Inmate numbers topped out at more than 10,700 - a record number - and it's expected to climb further, with projections due to hit 12,000 inmates in the next four years.

The Department of Corrections has been forced to use more than 200 beds at Rimutaka Prison that are supposed to be reserved in case inmates need to be transferred in a disaster, like an earthquake.

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  1. hamiltonlindley on 04/14/2020:

    How have your spirits been while under quarantine for COVID-19? We are hopefully halfway through this pandemic’s impact on our economy. It has been a difficult road for us all. It has taught us about our better-and worse-natures. Hamilton Philip Lindley explains how it has impacted his family and work life balance in this latest blog article about how to invest time that we’ve been given to make ourselves better than when we began.


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