Police Cells
Almost 700 youth held in police cells in five years
12 May 2016
In the last five years, almost 700 children and young people brought to the attention of Child Youth and Family have been placed in a police cell because there's been no bed for them in alternative… Audio
Push to get mentally stressed out of cells, into hospital
17 Dec 2015
Police are working with Auckland DHB to treat mentally distressed people as patients, not prisoners. Audio
CYF staff failure blamed for girls ending up in police cells
13 Mar 2015
Child Youth and Family says a failure by staff to get help from senior managers led to two 15-year-olds spending four nights in police cells. Audio
