Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 30, 2017 17:40:12 GMT 12
TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE JAILED ARE MĀORI
Māori made up almost two-thirds of those sent to prison in the region in 2016 - the highest proportion since records began.
Ministry of Justice figures released last week showed 375 people were imprisoned in the Whanganui and Taranaki court areas in 2016 - 240 of them Māori. That's 64 per cent compared to 124 Europeans, or 33 per cent.
Māori made up 48 per cent of the total sentences handed down, and Europeans 41 per cent.
This is the first time the Māori proportion of annual imprisonment figures has topped 60 per cent, after sitting between 50 per cent and 59 per cent over the past 20 years.
The number of Māori sentenced to prison has outnumbered pakeha every year since 1993, despite Māori only eclipsing the total number of pakeha sentences in the last four years.....
m.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11826303
Māori made up almost two-thirds of those sent to prison in the region in 2016 - the highest proportion since records began.
Ministry of Justice figures released last week showed 375 people were imprisoned in the Whanganui and Taranaki court areas in 2016 - 240 of them Māori. That's 64 per cent compared to 124 Europeans, or 33 per cent.
Māori made up 48 per cent of the total sentences handed down, and Europeans 41 per cent.
This is the first time the Māori proportion of annual imprisonment figures has topped 60 per cent, after sitting between 50 per cent and 59 per cent over the past 20 years.
The number of Māori sentenced to prison has outnumbered pakeha every year since 1993, despite Māori only eclipsing the total number of pakeha sentences in the last four years.....
m.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11826303