National play tough on crime emotional pearl clutching over ‘good character’
Critics say National’s latest “tough on crime” move is more emotional posturing that risks creating a harsher, more dangerous prison system.
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Suicide rates for prisoners should shame us, it won’t, but it should
Former prisoners are dying after release — and the system designed to rehabilitate them appears to look away.
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GUEST BLOG: Roger Brooking – What does Tony Robertson have in common with Graeme Burton, William Bell & the Beast of Blenheim?
Robertson was in prison for eight years and had a grand total of seven counselling sessions. Seven sessions in eight years. That doesn’t add up either, does it?
