Prisoners ‘Rotting Away’ Says Advocate
In comment to a discussion on penal reform in New Zealand and the findings of a United Nations committee report on torture in detention facilities, Dr Paul Wood “said the problems exposed in the UN report were much the same as when he first arrived in prison 20 years ago, and he was doubtful the situation would improve “as long as crime and punishment are treated as a political football… He said while the UN report found no malicious systemic abuse of prisoners, lack of resourcing meant that in some cases, they were not being treated humanely”. Read the full article here