The Waitangi Tribunal has granted an urgent application regarding Māori offending and high recidivism rates. Retired probation officer Tom Hemopo and members of his iwi filed the application and claim the Crown has failed to reduce the number of Māori in prison and high reoffending rates.
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NewsCalls continue for Independent inquiry into Serco's management
Labour’s Corrections spokesperson, Kelvin Davis says confirmation that a Serco prison guard was coaching inmates on fight club techniques proves the need for a fully independent inquiry into the issue.
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Native Affairs- Interview with Kelvin Davis on Corrections
Labour MP Kelvin Davis came face-to-face with some of the country's most hardened criminals yesterday on a vist to Pāremoremo Prison. He was talking to former Mt Eden inmates about their treatment while at the privately-run Corrections Facility.
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Convicted child sex offender located and arrested
Absconder Daniel Livingstone has been located and arrested by police this afternoon in Naenae.
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A call for prisons to be managed by Govt, not by Serco or Iwi
As protesters gathered outside Mount Eden Prison in Auckland, to call out to the Government to end prisons being managed by private companies like Serco, the debate whether iwi should manage prisons just went up another notch, as Labour's Corrections Spokesman and others came out strongly opposing the idea.
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NewsProtesters call for an end to the running of NZ prisons by private companies.
A protest outside Mt Eden Corrections Facility will call for an end to the running of prisons by private companies.
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Former Director of Māori for Serco says Māori-based programmes could prevent prison fights
A former Director of Māori for Serco has come forward claiming that if Māori-based programmes had been implemented in the first place, then in prison fighting could have been prevented.
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Serco under fire again
The Minister of Corrections has once again come under fire, this time over the raids on Head Hunters gang members this morning. Labour is asking, how did prisoners break the law from inside?
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Push for iwi administration of public prisons
Hemana Waaka, a Former Cultural Advisor of Mount Eden Prison says that iwi have the ability to administer public prisons and iwi like Ngāpuhi, as well as the collective iwi of the Auckland District and Ngāti Kahungunu, can provide managerial control over prisons within their districts.
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Update from Parliament on Serco and Te Reo speech
Serco's performance across the board needs to improve and they are on notice. This from Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga following his meeting with the company's executives this morning.
