Amanda Hill
Corrections to make changes to management of extreme-threat prisoners
A lawyer for most of the clients currently being kept in New Zealand's only extreme-threat prison unit says the Corrections department wants to change the law to allow human rights abuses to… Audio
Lack of transparency over extreme-risk prisoners' records
A lawyer for most of the clients kept in New Zealand's only extreme-risk prison unit, says the destruction of records and lack of record keeping is of concern. Audio
Prison officers want access to tasers and pepper balls in risky situations
Prison officers want access to tasers, patrol dogs, and pepper balls to help control dangerous situations. Audio
Arohata women's prison may have to re-open
Corrections may have to re-open Arohata women's prison, after a damning High Court judgment that it broke the law and discriminated against women.
The prison was effectively closed to sentenced… Audio
National ignoring evidence against boot camps - lawyer for survivors of state care abuse
National's ignoring the weight of evidence against enforced military-style camps for young offenders.
That's according to a lawyer representing survivors of some of the country's worst cases of abuse… Audio
Lawyer unimpressed by security guards photographing kids
A Wellington lawyer specialising in privacy issues says security guards taking photos of children appears to be an intimidation tactic.
The private security company Cityguard has admitted its staff… Audio
Report on solitary confinement highlights need for law change
An Oxford University report, commissioned by the Human Rights Commission, has highlighted the problems with law surrounding solitary confinement in our prisons. Jesse speaks to lawyer, Amanda Hill. Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care: Man died before getting chance to tell abuse story
A man who suffered horrific abuse while wrongly being held in psychiatric care in the 1970s, died shortly before getting the chance to tell his story.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in… Audio
Sex abuse claims passed to police without victims knowing
The Ministry of Social Development is being accused of a mass breach of privacy after it sent details to police about hundreds of claims of sexual and physical abuse of children in state care. Amanda… Audio
Crown spends $687k in fees on single state care abuse case
A Lawyer representing a former state wards says the Crown might end up spending more than a million dollars trying to keep her case out of court. Audio
Calls for investigation into Christchurch sex offender
Human Rights lawyer Amanda Hill wants an investigation into child rapist Robert Burrett. He was a teacher at schools across the upper North Island before becoming a school caretaker and bus driver in… Audio
Victims of abuse in state care launch 750k lawsuit against MSD.
People who were abused in state care are suing the Government for three-quarters of a million dollars, for what they say is a failure to act when they asked for their personal records. Audio