‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve
- Written by Devon Polaschek, Professor of Psychology/Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
Getty ImagesLast week’s budget allocated NZ$472 million in new funding to deal with a growing prison population caused by greater use of prison remand and proposals to increase prison sentence lengths.
The new funding comes on top of $78 million provided in the 2024 budget to extend rehabilitation to remand prisoners, enabled by an amendment...
