Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 12, 2019 18:41:24 GMT 12
SMALLER PRISONS, BETTER VISITING HOURS MOOTED AS PART OF 'WHĀNAU-FACING' JUSTICE SYSTEM TO ADDRESS MĀORI INCARCERATION RATES
Lead author Sir Kim Workman (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitaane) said the Government must recognise a Māori-informed solution.
"Such a strategy would include the full-bodied incorporation of tikanga Māori and a whānau-centric approach to the management of prisons."
Such traditional Māori forms of justice had long been ignored, and there was denial Māori even had a justice system, Workman said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12266905
Lead author Sir Kim Workman (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitaane) said the Government must recognise a Māori-informed solution.
"Such a strategy would include the full-bodied incorporation of tikanga Māori and a whānau-centric approach to the management of prisons."
Such traditional Māori forms of justice had long been ignored, and there was denial Māori even had a justice system, Workman said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12266905