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.
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NewsMinister to meet with Serco
Minister of Corrections Sam Lotu-Iiga will be meeting with Serco bosses today, and will no doubt be addressing the allegations of fight clubs and alcohol consumption in Mount Eden Prison.
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Sparks continue to fly over prison debate
The debate surrounding the issues within Mount Eden prison has sparked up once again today. This follows from the heated exchange between Labour's Kelvin Davis and the Minister of Corrections in the House yesterday.
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Correction Minister claims Mt Eden is NZ's highest performing prison
The content of a Select Committee meeting with Corrections has been given exclusively to Te Kāea and shows concerns about inmate fighting at Mount Eden Prison were raised previously.
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Kelvin Davis accuses Minister of Corrections of lying
"The Minister of Corrections is lying." That's the claim of Labour's corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis after the Minister insisted that he was not made aware of fight clubs within prisons until last week.
