Tupe Masina​ spent months on end in a small cell by himself. Now, Corrections has admitted there was no justification for it. For full coverage visit https://bit.ly/StuffNZ-corrections | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB

From a sleepout emerges Tupe Masina, whose family owns this land through a trust.

He’s been staying here since September, when he was released from prison after a five-year, seven-month sentence for aggravated robbery.

Masina’s life on the land couldn’t be more different from his life behind bars, where for months on end he would be locked in a small cell by himself for 23 hours a day while prison authorities “assessed” his mental health.

READ MORE: https://bit.ly/StuffNZ-corrections

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