“These women were at ‘the intersection of racism and sexism’, suffering the prejudices of both.” This appears to chime with research findings from other jurisdictions that non-white and indigenous women were more likely to be perceived as more dangerous and violent throughout their journey in the criminal justice system – from arrest to conviction and sentencing.32 These women were at ‘the intersection of racism and sexism’, suffering the prejudices of both.33 Mäori women were not only overrepresented in Management and Separates Units, but they were also disproportionately segregated there for longer periods. At the Management Unit at ARWCF, Mäori and Pacific women made up as many as 93% of all segregations lasting longer than 15 days.34 Women of European descent made up only 3% of longer segregations. In contrast, all but one of the longer segregations of women of European descent (36% of all longer segregation) were in an ISU, where women deemed to be vulnerable and at risk of self-harm were segregated. 26 32 Richie, B. (2012). Arrested justice: Black women, violence, and America’s prison nation. New York University Press; Norris, A. N. (2019). Are We Really Colour-blind? The Normalisation of Mass Female Incarceration. Race and Justice, 9(4), 454–478. Crenshaw, K. (1990). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43, 1241. 33 Crenshaw, K. (1990). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43, 1241. 34 For a discussion of biased perceptions in mental health settings see: Prins, H. A. (1993). Report of the Committee of Inquiry Into the Death in Broadmoor Hospital of Orville Blackwood, and a Review of the Deaths of Two Other Afro-Caribbean Patients:”Big, Black and Dangerous?” ND.