“There are some pretty rotten things going on in our prisons. We've seen prisoners sleeping in vans, a big increase in smuggling contraband into prisons, we've heard the suggestion that criminals should be prison guards, seen budgets blown and prisoners accessing violent movies.”
“It's almost bizarre that the Corrections Department, itself an arm of the government, didn't factor in the extra costs from changes to the Holiday' Act.”
“Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor should tell the public the extent of security issues at New Zealand's prisons in the light of the report into Christchurch Men's Prison.”
