Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 25, 2016 17:31:36 GMT 12
CORRECTIONS FAILING MAORI, NEEDS DRASTIC CULTURE CHANGE – CLAIM
A retired probation officer has harshly criticised the Department of Corrections for failing to reduce reoffending rates among Maori prisoners.
Tom Hemopo, 71, told the Waitangi Tribunal he had loved his job but Corrections needed a "drastic change of culture".
An urgent hearing kicked off in Wellington on Monday, to investigate Hemopo's claim that the Crown had breached Treaty obligations by allegedly failing to reduce Maori reoffending rates.
However, he claimed Corrections refocused these Maori management roles such as his until they were eventually phased out. The roles were an "aberration from a department that does not value Maori culture".
Current programmes aimed at Maori rehabilitation were just "window-dressing", Hemopo said.
The Crown said there were "dozens and dozens" of programmes which supported Maori reintegration, including initiatives set up in partnership with iwi.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82443258/corrections-failing-maori-needs-drastic-culture-change--claim
A retired probation officer has harshly criticised the Department of Corrections for failing to reduce reoffending rates among Maori prisoners.
Tom Hemopo, 71, told the Waitangi Tribunal he had loved his job but Corrections needed a "drastic change of culture".
An urgent hearing kicked off in Wellington on Monday, to investigate Hemopo's claim that the Crown had breached Treaty obligations by allegedly failing to reduce Maori reoffending rates.
However, he claimed Corrections refocused these Maori management roles such as his until they were eventually phased out. The roles were an "aberration from a department that does not value Maori culture".
Current programmes aimed at Maori rehabilitation were just "window-dressing", Hemopo said.
The Crown said there were "dozens and dozens" of programmes which supported Maori reintegration, including initiatives set up in partnership with iwi.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82443258/corrections-failing-maori-needs-drastic-culture-change--claim