Surging violence, record numbers: What’s driving the prison system 'crisis'
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The Corrections Association says New Zealand’s prisons are in ‘crisis’.
Last year saw record-breaking numbers of assaults on staff, almost double what they were just seven years ago.
There were also more than 15-hundred prisoner-on-prisoner attacks - the highest annual figure on record.
All of this comes with overcrowding, tight budgets, and a growing gang and meth problem.
Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald senior reporter, Derek Cheng, is with us to dive into the numbers.
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