A number of offenders subject to deportation orders are living in the community after being released from prison because they cannot travel home due to Covid-19. He is to be deported when he is released from prison, which the Parole Board has indicated will be in September. He will be deported to Brazil when he is released from prison but due to Covid-19 may need to live in NZ for some time. Parole Board panel convenor Martha Coleman said if the voluntary exit went ahead Barbosa may still need to be released into the community to await his flight. A board manager told the woman there was "no legal impediment" preventing deportees being released into the community from prison.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2021 20:25 UTC