10 Oct 2022

"Unconscionable" ban on whānau prison visits- Pillars

From Midday Report, 12:42 pm on 10 October 2022

A prison advocacy group says an indefinite ban on face-to-face visits in some prisons is unconscionable and will have catastrophic impacts on inmates and their whanau.

Seven jails have banned visitors with no clear end date - citing safety - as Corrections scrambles to fill nearly 500 job vacancies.

Pillars supports children and whanau of prisoners - Māni Dunlop spoke to the General manager Maxine Gay