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		<title>Nurse suspended on full pay for 18 weeks for giving a prisoner Raro</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2013/01/01/nurse-suspended-on-full-pay-for-18-weeks-for-giving-a-prisoner-raro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily Wilson has been a nurse for 30 years. In 2009 she took a job at a prison – in the health unit at Otago Corrections Facility (OCF).  On her first day at work, Wilson couldn’t believe her ears.  “I’ve never heard the word fuck so many times”, she said. “The nurses had three descriptions [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=779&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Officers &#8216;justified&#8217; in suffocating suicidal prisoner to death &#8211; the case of Nicholas Harris</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/12/19/officers-justified-in-suffocating-suicidal-prisoner-to-death-the-case-of-nicholas-harris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Prisoners stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The coroner’s report into the death of Nicholas Harris in Waikeria prison last year was released recently. In the process of trying to stop him from committing suicide, six or more prison officers held him down and restrained him &#8211; till he suffocated to death. Harris had only been in prison a few days and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=754&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Escalating suicide and violence in New Zealand prisons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Prison conditions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2012 new figures were released showing serious assaults on prison guards have  tripled in the past five years. During the year to the end of June, 18 staff were seriously assaulted &#8211; up from just six in 2007. And 235 cases of physical violence &#8211; which includes prisoners spitting or throwing water &#8211; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=711&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is cheap in New Zealand prisons &#8211; the suicide of Kerry Joll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Prisoners stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dominion Post has just reported the outcome of the coroner’s inquiry into the suicide of Kerry Joll. Under the headline “Prison death &#8216;tragic loss of life” the DomPost reveals he was found dead in his cell three months after being sent to prison for drink driving.  Sure it’s tragic – but the headline should [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=696&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How police and probation harass prisoners on parole – the case of Tony Maude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007 I was asked by the district court to conduct an alcohol and drug assessment on Tony Maude who was facing charges of selling methamphetamine. Maude was exposed to drug use at an early age. He started smoking cannabis at the age of 10, using speed at 13 and drinking at age 15. When [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=636&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sensible Sentencing Trust has a lapdog &#8211; the media</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/10/04/sensible-sentencing-trust-has-lapdog-the-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice Minister Judith Collins has decided to limit the number of parole board hearings that prisoners are allowed to attend.  Introducing legislation to that effect in September, she was quoted in the New Zealand Herald saying: &#8220;For offenders who refuse to acknowledge their offending and have made little or no effort at rehabilitation, it makes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=623&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crime at an all time low &#8211; but we need another prison</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/10/02/crime-at-an-all-time-low-but-we-need-another-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand&#8217;s crime rate has dropped to an all-time low. Official figures released this week show that crime has dropped for the third year in a row. In 2010, the number of murders in New Zealand dropped by nearly a quarter over the previous year (from 65 to 46), while overall reported crime fell 6.7%. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=605&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3,840 &#8216;very high risk&#8217; prisoners is a &#8216;very small&#8217; number for Judith Collins</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/09/19/2095-high-risk-prisoners-in-judith-collins-handful/</link>
		<comments>http://brookingblog.com/2012/09/19/2095-high-risk-prisoners-in-judith-collins-handful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the media hype about Murray Wilson being released in Wanganui, Justice Minister Judith Collins has just introduced a new Bill allowing the imposition of public protection orders on child sex offenders and violent criminals. This will enable authorities to keep them in prison after they&#8217;ve finished their sentence &#8211; or return them [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=595&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corrections Department&#8217;s treatment of Stewart Murray Wilson</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/08/28/corrections-departments-treatment-of-stewart-murray-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graeme Burton spent 14 years in prison  - doing next to nothing &#8211; before he was released and killed Karl Kuchenbecker. Murray Wilson, aka the ‘Beast of Blenheim’ –  committed his crimes well over 18 years ago. He’s been sitting in prison ever since &#8211; also doing nothing &#8211; and the whole country (well, Wanganui anyway) [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=563&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetic dying to get out of prison</title>
		<link>http://brookingblog.com/2012/08/12/diabetic-dying-to-get-out-of-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Wilson is 36 year old drug addict. She was referred to me for an alcohol and drug assessment after being charged with possession of methamphetamine for supply.   She started using meth about ten years ago and began selling to friends and acquaintances to fund her habit.  She had also been smoking cannabis since she [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookingblog.com&#038;blog=29644374&#038;post=554&#038;subd=brookingblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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