Locked up: 136 Kiwis in offshore prisonsFAIRFAX NZ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade knows of 136 New Zealand citizens detained in overseas prisons, as of March 2017. The rap sheets of other Kiwis on the Government's list include robbery, fraud, sex crimes, manslaughter and drugs charges. Alberto Costi, an Associate Professor at Victoria University's School of Law, said conditions in offshore prisons were often harsh. Almost half of the detained New Zealanders receiving MFAT assistance were locked up in Australian jails, with many facing 'unknown' sentences. "There are New Zealanders locked up in both prisons and detention centres who have not committed any crime, but who the Australians simply don't like or trust.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2017 17:00 UTC