Queer and trans activist group No Pride in Prisons is putting pressure on the Auckland Pride Board to disallow uniformed Police and Corrections officers from marching in the 2016 Pride Parade.
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Serco contract for Mt Eden prison will not be renewed
Two days after Judith Collins was made the new Corrections Minister in a cabinet reshuffle, Corrections CEO Ray Smith has announced that Serco's contract to manage Mt Eden prison will not be renewed.
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Judith Collins reinstated following cabinet reshuffle
The Prime Minister has announced the results of a cabinet reshuffle at his post cabinet press conference this afternoon.
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NewsUrgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing for high number of Māori in Prison
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.
