A Salvation Army Report has identified a number of areas it believes the Government should focus on to assist in the reintegration and re-offending of ex-prisoners.
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Māori prison population 'major tragedy'- Davis
Kelvin Davis says the fact that our prison population is now close to ten thousand is a national tragedy. The Taitokerau MP says the damning statistics are even more so when over 5,500 of the inmates are Maori.
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NewsPrisoners graduate from Howard League Literacy Programme
Eight inmates at Auckland South Corrections Facility will graduate from a literacy programme run by the Howard League for penal reform.
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Whānau look forward to birthday celebrations with Vicki Letele
It's been reported the Parole Board has announced that cancer sufferer Vicki Letele is set to be released from the Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility, so she can spend her last days with her family.
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SERCO prisoners allegedly punished for haka
Māori inmates have allegedly been punished for performing a haka in a South Auckland prison. Labour corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis was tipped off by an anonymous email informing him that eight Māori prisoners were removed from 'Self Care' for two months following the performance.
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NewsInmates punished for performing haka
Māori inmates have allegedly been punished for performing a haka in a South Auckland prison.
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Ngāwha inmates art works auctioned for Hospice
In the Northland region, an auction of artworks by inmates at Ngawha prison will help pay for the palliative services provided by Hospice in the mid-north. Te Kāea was at the venue in Kerikeri this afternoon to preview some of the pieces for auction.
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Sir Ngātata sentenced to jail
Sir Ngātata Love has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment.
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Gang leaders responsible for prison fight clubs- Judith Collins
Labour's Kelvin Davis says privately run prisons have no place in New Zealand. It follows the release of a new report which reveals "weekly fight clubs" were taking place at Mt Eden's correctional facility.
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Too many Māori and First Nations in jail- Canadian Justice Minister
Canada’s first indigenous Attorney General and Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould says there are too many Māori and First Nation’s people in jail – and she wants to do something about it.
