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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 1, 2020 4:19:56 GMT 12
THE NUMBER OF MĀORI WOMEN IMPRISONED WITHOUT CONVICTION HAS NEARLY DOUBLED AFTER LAW CHANGEAlmost half of the women imprisoned in New Zealand have not been convicted of the crime that is keeping them behind bars. A sweeping 2013 law change designed to create greater bail hurdles for violent offenders has had an outsize effect on women, and Māori women in particular. These figures don't come as a shock to Wellington defence lawyer Ngaroma Tahana. She said the increasing remand level was a symptom of the racial prejudices that have plagued Māori women since colonisation....... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12342156
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