Ric StevensOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·14 Jul, 2026 04:45 AM3 mins to read‌The prison officer was warned of disciplinary action if he continued to do rub-down searches of male prisoners. Stock image / 123rfThe prison officer was warned of disciplinary action if he continued to do rub-down searches of male prisoners. Stock image / 123rfThe Department of Corrections has made an apology and a confidential compensation payment to a transgender officer whom it had previously barred from searching male prisoners.

“I just want to be able to exist like any other man,” the officer said today after news of the deal was made