Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 23, 2016 16:29:37 GMT 12
Offenders on bracelets to return to prison if no cellphone coverage
Labour MP Kelvin Davis is concerned offenders with electronic bracelets who live outside cellphone coverage areas will be sent to prison. The Department of Corrections says, if an offender proposes an address where there is no cell phone coverage, it will be deemed as unsuitable.
MP Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis says, "We will see more Māori going to jail due to these types of laws. I think it needs to be reversed to accommodate for those who only have landlines."
In a statement to Kelvin Davis, Corrections said there remains some areas of the country (such as the far north) where the lack of cell phone coverage continues to be an issue. In these locations it is unable to operate a home detention scheme.
Corrections says it has always been their practice to encourage staff to work with offenders to come up with alternative addresses…..
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/offenders-on-bracelets-return-prison-if-no-cellphone-coverage
Labour MP Kelvin Davis is concerned offenders with electronic bracelets who live outside cellphone coverage areas will be sent to prison. The Department of Corrections says, if an offender proposes an address where there is no cell phone coverage, it will be deemed as unsuitable.
MP Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis says, "We will see more Māori going to jail due to these types of laws. I think it needs to be reversed to accommodate for those who only have landlines."
In a statement to Kelvin Davis, Corrections said there remains some areas of the country (such as the far north) where the lack of cell phone coverage continues to be an issue. In these locations it is unable to operate a home detention scheme.
Corrections says it has always been their practice to encourage staff to work with offenders to come up with alternative addresses…..
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/offenders-on-bracelets-return-prison-if-no-cellphone-coverage