Corrections Dept - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:21:30 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Corrections Dept - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Suicide rate in NZ prisons 11 times higher than general population https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/08/16/suicide-rate-in-nz-prisons-11-times-higher-than-general-population/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:30:16 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=48579

The suicide rate in New Zealand prisons is 11 times higher than in the general population - and, since 2008, more than 75 prisoners have died. The number of prisoners committing suicide has much to do with high rates of mental health problems combined with poor quality psychiatric care in prison. Doctors and nurses who Read more

Suicide rate in NZ prisons 11 times higher than general population... Read more]]> The suicide rate in New Zealand prisons is 11 times higher than in the general population - and, since 2008, more than 75 prisoners have died.

The number of prisoners committing suicide has much to do with high rates of mental health problems combined with poor quality psychiatric care in prison.

Doctors and nurses who treat prisoners are unable to provide an equivalent level of care to that received by patients in the community.

In 2011, the ombudsman called this a serious concern and recommended responsibility for healthcare of prisoners should be removed from the Corrections Department and given to DHBs.

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Suicide rate in NZ prisons 11 times higher than general population]]> 48579 Vicar says new jail needs 800 volunteers https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/08/05/vicar-says-new-jail-needs-800-volunteers/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:30:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=8594

A church that has opened its doors to women released from the Wiri women's prison says 800 volunteers are needed when a new men's jail opens next door - and it doesn't know where they will come from. Volunteers from St Elizabeth's Anglican Church in Clendon have been visiting inmates in the 464-bed women's prison Read more

Vicar says new jail needs 800 volunteers... Read more]]> A church that has opened its doors to women released from the Wiri women's prison says 800 volunteers are needed when a new men's jail opens next door - and it doesn't know where they will come from.

Volunteers from St Elizabeth's Anglican Church in Clendon have been visiting inmates in the 464-bed women's prison since it opened in 2006 because it is in their parish.

But vicar Mark Beale, who founded the church 23 years ago, does not know how it will cope with men from the neighbouring 1060-bed men's jail which has been given draft approval to open in April 2015.

"We'll have to cope because they are going ahead and building it, but it's a very daunting challenge," he said.

"A prison of 1000 would need 800 volunteers, so where are those 800 volunteers? A lot of the stuff in prisons is done by volunteers, and it should be because that creates the link to the outside community."

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