The 9% of segregations (N=1,339) lasting longer than 15 days varied in length, with the majority (55%) lasting up to 30 days, but some lasting longer than six months. Figure 2: Segregation stays longer than 15 days: occurrences in 2019 800 735 700 600 Number of occurrences 500 400 365 300 200 124 51 100 0 15-30 DAYS 31-60 DAYS 61-90 DAYS 91-120 DAYS 27 121-150 DAYS 11 26 151-180 DAYS >180 DAYS Length of segregation Compared to 2016, these numbers present a mixed picture: the overall number of segregation placement has gone down by 7.6% (from 16,370 in 2016 to 15,224 in 2019), but the number of longer segregation placements has risen marginally. Who was housed in Segregation (Management, Separates and ISUs) and why? Mäori were more likely than their counterparts of European descent to spend longer periods in each type of segregated housing, and increasingly so in Management units. New Zealanders of European descent were less likely than Mäori to be segregated at all, and when they were segregated, were more likely to spend time in an Intervention & Support Unit (ISU) than in a Management or Separates unit. The disproportionate number of Mäori and Pacific Peoples in the harsher forms of segregation may indicate, as observed in TOTB, that Mäori and Pacific Peoples were more likely to be seen as dangerous, or high risk, and therefore requiring longer-term separation from their peers and tighter control in a Management Unit. New Zealanders of European descent on the other hand, may be more likely to be seen as vulnerable, rather than dangerous, and in need of the close observation and the clinical input offered (at least on paper) in an ISU. 16