256,000 people suffered abuse and neglect in NZ state and faith-based care facilities between 1950-2019.

New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry reveals 256,000 people suffered abuse and neglect between 1950-2019 in state and faith-based care facilities like boarding schools, youth justice centers, foster care, and psychiatric hospitals. This represents over a third of the estimated 655,000 institutionalized during this period. The report, based on 3,000 survivors' testimonies, links the abuse to decades-long assaults on workers' wages, living standards, social services, and militaristic policies.

August 21, 2024
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