New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher
- Written by Linda Mussell, Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
Paremoremo Maximum Security Prison near Auckland.Getty ImagesWith the government’s Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill about to become law within days, New Zealand’s already high incarceration rate will almost certainly climb even higher.
The new legislation essentially limits how much judges can reduce a prison sentence for mitigating...
