Concern over new jail cells: Civil Liberties concerned about humaneness of proposal to house prison inmates in shipping containers

NZCity, NewsTalkZB 21 June 2009

Council of Civil Liberties chairman and barrister Michael Bott says …it raises a whole different set of concerns around double bunking and things like humane lighting, heating and toilet facilities.

Mr Bott says forcing prisoners to build the accommodation essentially makes them part of a labour camp.

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