4:36 pm today

Corrections breaches UN standards for prisoners in Invercargill years after told to stop

From Checkpoint, 4:36 pm today

Corrections has continued to put Invercargill prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide in barren 'dry cells' - without toilets or running water - years after being told to stop. There has been another 14 instances of the practice since then-Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier found it breached UN standards for prisoner treatment in 2019. Katie Todd reports.