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A woman who spent 15 years in prison says being released into the outside world was like being pushed out the gate.
The coroner is calling for urgent psychological support for long term prisoners before and after release, after a former prisoner who served nearly 30 years for murder died by suicide on his release.
Those who work at the frontline said something must be done.
Gail Maney spent a total of 15 years in prison and about 10 years on parole before her conviction for the murder of West Auckland tyre-fitter Deane Fuller-Sandys was quashed.
She found being released from the structure of priso
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