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MAORI NEEDED AT TOP LEVELS OF CORRECTIONS TO REDUCE REOFFENDING
Maori need to be involved in decision-making in order to bring down Maori reoffending rates, says an adviser to the Department of Corrections
If the board received that power they could build Maori "capability and capacity" within Corrections, do more research and receive a wider mandate to "stay connected" with iwi.
Tomoana floated some ideas that his iwi wanted to implemented. These included that every prisoner sentenced to more than a year would come out with a driver's licence, and the families of prison members get educated at the same rate of the prisoners who are undertaking rehabilitation programmes.
The iwi would also place mentors at the executive levels of Corrections to "place Maori at the helm" of change initiatives.
Maori Council member Des Ratima said prisons needed to be more like hospitals.
From the outset, criminals should be diagnosed, given a treatment plan, informed of the success rates of those treatments and scheduled follow-ups, he said....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82481756/maori-needed-at-top-levels-of-corrections-to-reduce-reoffending
MĀORI ACADEMIC CRITICISES PRISON POLICY AT URGENT HEARING
A Māori academic has called past government policies racist and a contributing factor to the high population of Māori in prisons.
Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena presented evidence in an urgent hearing to the Waitangi Tribunal addressing the Crown's failure to reduce the Māori prison population.
Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena ha served 11 years in prison. He says past government policies were a contributing factor to his criminal behaviour.
Hemopo says he worked for the Department of Corrections for 30 years and wants justice for Māori.
“My biggest concern is for Māori women,” says Hemopo, “66% of female prisoners are Maori. So who is looking after our babies, our children? That problem is being pushed back to our old people.”
Waretini-Karena says he knows what it’s like in the system and wants change for future generations.
“I moved away from the marae and the marae was the foundation for all tikanga Māori so our marae became the Chartwell pub so our values weren't taught to us, it was a Once were Warriors life,” says Waretini-Karena.
The Māori prison population is now nearing 5000, and it looks as though that number will continue to grow if a solution isn't found....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/maori-academic-criticises-prison-policy-urgent-hearing
Maori need to be involved in decision-making in order to bring down Maori reoffending rates, says an adviser to the Department of Corrections
If the board received that power they could build Maori "capability and capacity" within Corrections, do more research and receive a wider mandate to "stay connected" with iwi.
Tomoana floated some ideas that his iwi wanted to implemented. These included that every prisoner sentenced to more than a year would come out with a driver's licence, and the families of prison members get educated at the same rate of the prisoners who are undertaking rehabilitation programmes.
The iwi would also place mentors at the executive levels of Corrections to "place Maori at the helm" of change initiatives.
Maori Council member Des Ratima said prisons needed to be more like hospitals.
From the outset, criminals should be diagnosed, given a treatment plan, informed of the success rates of those treatments and scheduled follow-ups, he said....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82481756/maori-needed-at-top-levels-of-corrections-to-reduce-reoffending
MĀORI ACADEMIC CRITICISES PRISON POLICY AT URGENT HEARING
A Māori academic has called past government policies racist and a contributing factor to the high population of Māori in prisons.
Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena presented evidence in an urgent hearing to the Waitangi Tribunal addressing the Crown's failure to reduce the Māori prison population.
Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena ha served 11 years in prison. He says past government policies were a contributing factor to his criminal behaviour.
Hemopo says he worked for the Department of Corrections for 30 years and wants justice for Māori.
“My biggest concern is for Māori women,” says Hemopo, “66% of female prisoners are Maori. So who is looking after our babies, our children? That problem is being pushed back to our old people.”
Waretini-Karena says he knows what it’s like in the system and wants change for future generations.
“I moved away from the marae and the marae was the foundation for all tikanga Māori so our marae became the Chartwell pub so our values weren't taught to us, it was a Once were Warriors life,” says Waretini-Karena.
The Māori prison population is now nearing 5000, and it looks as though that number will continue to grow if a solution isn't found....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/maori-academic-criticises-prison-policy-urgent-hearing