

“I don’t disagree with Corrections that there is a health and safety aspect to this, but my view is, at the same time, it is a human rights issue. Lawyers are also struggling to get a hold of their clients on the phone, she added, because there is not enough staff to escort them, while face-to-face visits have also become rare. Prison becomes “a very lonely place to be” when staff shortages mean that some prisoners are spending 23 hours a day locked in their cells, regardless of security level, she adds. If they are also then disconnected from their whānau, the impacts can only be traumatising or re-traumatising.” “When nothing is available it is demoralising and we get a further fracturing, a further disengagement. Bonifant says she is aware of prisoners who, in some cases, have not been able to see their family for a year after moving prisons in order to complete a programme elsewhere.īonifant says prisoners have become demoralised. Meanwhile, family visits have been severely limited. “He couldn’t participate in this course because he couldn’t understand,” she said.Ĭorrections says of its 76 psychology and medium intensity rehabilitation programmes, 21 have been delayed or stopped because of staffing shortages. “He can’t understand facilitators who speak in English,” she says adding that the prisoner was transferred away from his family to another prison but their Māori based programme was also delivered predominantly in English. One Pillars social worker, who wished to remain anonymous, says a client she worked with has been declined parole seven times because he has no access to a programme with Tongan facilitators. “They often miss out on opportunities, get misrepresented at parole hearings for being ‘ill-prepared’ and often don’t know what is happening with their cases,” it said.
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It is likely her client will see out his full sentence, due to end in April, and be released without receiving the treatment he needs, creating a risk for himself and the wider community and increasing the likelihood of reoffending, Bonifant says.Ī charity that supports the children and families of people in prison – Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou – says the lack of staff is detrimental to prisoners and their whānau. “The rug was ripped out from under his feet.” Initially, nothing was available due to the Covid lockdown, then it was delayed due to staffing shortages.Īfter finally starting the programme and getting through 19 sessions, it was then suspended last year, and because her client had been unable to complete rehabilitation – through no fault of his own – his parole was declined. The lack of staff means that prison programmes, time out of cells, and visiting hours have been slashed due to health and safety concerns.īonifant gives the example of one of her clients who needed to complete a rehabilitation programme, in order to become eligible for parole. “Many in the profession would agree – including Corrections – that this is an extraordinary situation.” Since this save didn’t progress too far into the main campaign, I brought along two custom Rangers, Lucia Wesson, Marshal Kwon, Jodie Bell, and Scotchmo.Janine Bonifant, a member of the Society’s criminal law committee says it is the “biggest crisis have faced” in her 30 years as a criminal lawyer. Thankfully, the developers were kind enough to send a save file with level 12 characters and decent loot, enough to get started with the expansion. Unfortunately, I also lost my save file after upgrading my PC. Note 3: For the sake of clarity, I was able to finish the main campaign of Wasteland 3 last year. However, make sure you complete the objectives before reaching the point of no return in the main campaign. Note 2: You may do The Battle of Steeltown‘s content at any point in time past level 9, and enemies will simply be scaled based on your level.

It’s directly south of Arapaho Caravan (seen in the image below).
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Once you leave Ranger HQ and end up on the world map, the Patriarch will tell you how to reach Steeltown. Note 1: To start the main quest of Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown, you’ll need to reach level 9.
