Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 22, 2018 16:22:57 GMT 12
IMPLEMENTING TIKANGA MĀORI REHABILITATION ACROSS ALL PRISONS
Minister of Corrections, Kelvin Davis is currently meeting with Northern iwi leaders to find solutions to the Māori prison population problem.
This comes on the back of only five of the countries 18 prisons offer Māori-focussed rehabilitation programmes for inmates, despite Māori over-representation in national incarceration rates.
Not the first of many conversations the Corrections Minister has been privy to - he's been looking for community input on how to improve Māori rehabilitation programmes in prisons.
"Māori rehabilitation programmes will be built upon in jails, however, I want to stop Māori from going to prison in the first place. However [sic] for those already incarcerated, there is an intention to give more kaupapa Māori," says Davis.
It is still unclear at this stage when the implentation of new tikanga Māori initiatives will be rolled out nationwide.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/implementing-tikanga-maori-rehabilitation-across-all-prisons
Minister of Corrections, Kelvin Davis is currently meeting with Northern iwi leaders to find solutions to the Māori prison population problem.
This comes on the back of only five of the countries 18 prisons offer Māori-focussed rehabilitation programmes for inmates, despite Māori over-representation in national incarceration rates.
Not the first of many conversations the Corrections Minister has been privy to - he's been looking for community input on how to improve Māori rehabilitation programmes in prisons.
"Māori rehabilitation programmes will be built upon in jails, however, I want to stop Māori from going to prison in the first place. However [sic] for those already incarcerated, there is an intention to give more kaupapa Māori," says Davis.
It is still unclear at this stage when the implentation of new tikanga Māori initiatives will be rolled out nationwide.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/implementing-tikanga-maori-rehabilitation-across-all-prisons