Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 19, 2016 17:09:36 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HOLD URGENT INQUIRY INTO CROWN'S ALLEGED FAILURE TO REDUCE MAORI REOFFENDING
An urgent hearing has been called to decide whether the Crown has failed to reduce Maori reoffending rates, and breached the Treaty of Waitangi.
Former probation officer Tom Hemopo, 71, lodged a claim with Waitangi Tribunal last year alleging the government has not done enough to help Maori prisoners rehabilitate.
Tikanga Maori (Maori culture and customs) should also be integrated into the "cold" prison system, he said - for example, tikanga training could be given to all parole officers.
Around 300 places in prison were set aside for 'Te Tirohanga', a Maori tikanga based therapeutic community environment, running in five prisons.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82243461/waitangi-tribunal-hold-urgent-inquiry-into-crowns-alleged-failure-to-reduce-maori-reoffending
An urgent hearing has been called to decide whether the Crown has failed to reduce Maori reoffending rates, and breached the Treaty of Waitangi.
Former probation officer Tom Hemopo, 71, lodged a claim with Waitangi Tribunal last year alleging the government has not done enough to help Maori prisoners rehabilitate.
Tikanga Maori (Maori culture and customs) should also be integrated into the "cold" prison system, he said - for example, tikanga training could be given to all parole officers.
Around 300 places in prison were set aside for 'Te Tirohanga', a Maori tikanga based therapeutic community environment, running in five prisons.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82243461/waitangi-tribunal-hold-urgent-inquiry-into-crowns-alleged-failure-to-reduce-maori-reoffending
