Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 27, 2016 17:28:04 GMT 12
TIME TO ABOLISH PRISONS - MOANA JACKSON
Māori Law academic Moana Jackson is calling for the abolition of prisons in NZ and says Ngāti Kahungunu would set up their own system to deal with tribal members that commit crime. Jackson presented his evidence at an urgent hearing before the Waitangi Tribunal over the alleged failure by the government to address the high Māori prison population.
Jackson wants prisons gone.
“It would not be a prison it would be a kaupapa Māori based place in which the reasons for their wrong-doing would be addressed and the whānau helped to recover and so on.”....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/latest-news/time-abolish-prisons-moana-jackson
Māori Law academic Moana Jackson is calling for the abolition of prisons in NZ and says Ngāti Kahungunu would set up their own system to deal with tribal members that commit crime. Jackson presented his evidence at an urgent hearing before the Waitangi Tribunal over the alleged failure by the government to address the high Māori prison population.
Jackson wants prisons gone.
“It would not be a prison it would be a kaupapa Māori based place in which the reasons for their wrong-doing would be addressed and the whānau helped to recover and so on.”....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/latest-news/time-abolish-prisons-moana-jackson