Archive for February, 2012

Corrections Department censors Wikipedia

Posted: February 24, 2012 in Uncategorized
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The Department of Corrections has been deleting information about the Department on a page on Wikipedia. In the last couple of months, the page has become the venue of a wiki editing war between alcohol and drug counsellor, Roger Brooking, and two other contributors who apparently work for the Corrections Department.  Mr Brooking is the author [...]

The ritalin rules in prison

Posted: February 22, 2012 in Prisoners stories
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ADHD stands for attention hyperactivity disorder. Kids who’ve got it are either inattentive, hyperactive, impulsive or sometimes all three – and it affects between 3% and 5% of school age kids. As at July 2009, there were 760,859 children attending school in NZ which means somewhere between 23,000 and 38,000 children have the disorder. According [...]

Corrections escapes but punishes Serco

Posted: February 21, 2012 in Uncategorized
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The NZ Herald reported today (February 21) that Serco, the operator of Mt Eden prison has been fined $150,000 after a prisoner escaped. Serco is an international conglomerate based in Britain and given the contract to run the Mt Eden prison. The Corrections Department has carried out a review of security after notorious inmate Aaron Forden [...]