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'Expect Resistance' - Community Group Pushes Back Against More Cops With Guns
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:41 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
New Zealanders do not want to see cops walking around with guns. American-style policing will lead to American-style gun violence. More >>
Fast Track Megaprison For Auckland A Disgrace Says Criminologist
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 9:20 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Who will these new prisons be built for? The government knows that austerity creates violence and crime, and is choosing austerity anyway. The rich will get richer and the poor will get prisons. More >>
Second Person Dies In Mount Eden Prison
Friday, 4 October 2024, 11:48 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Sources informed Dr. Rākete that emergency services were called to Mount Eden Corrections Facility on the morning of Thursday October 3rd, where they declared that the patient was deceased almost immediately. More >>
Community To Hold Candlelight Vigil Outside Of Mount Eden Prison For Murdered Prisoner
Friday, 4 October 2024, 4:13 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
The Chan Chui whānau maintain that Andrew’s death was the consequence of double bunking, and that he would be alive today if he had not been locked into a shared cell. More >>
Man Killed In Mt Eden Prison “Another Victim Of Double Bunking” Says Criminologist
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 2:58 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Chan Chui, 39, was found dead in his cell in Mount Eden Corrections Facility. His cellmate has been charged with his murder. More >>
Police Racism Report No Surprise To Auckland University Criminologist
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 5:18 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Among other findings, the report found that police were 11% more likely to prosecute Māori than Pākehā who had committed the same offence. Māori were the majority of victims of police taser discharges, and were more likely than other ethnic groups ... More >>
Community Groups, Academics Slam Budget Spending On Prisons
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:13 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
“Spending on prisons shows exactly why 2024 is the Backwards Budget. The Department of Corrections was given 600% more money than last year to spend on prison cells, meanwhile spending on rehabilitation went up by less than 0.7%,” said the group’s ... More >>
Greens Justice Spokesperson Tamatha Paul To Join Protest Against Waikeria ‘Megaprison’ At Mount Eden Prison
Friday, 24 May 2024, 2:52 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
The community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa is holding a protest against mass incarceration tomorrow against the Government’s proposed expansion of Waikeria prison. More >>
Greens Justice Spokesperson, Academics To Protest Megaprison
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 11:09 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
WHAT: Prison abolitionist community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa has called for a demonstration to protest the Government’s announcement of a $1.9 billion megaprison in Waikeria. The protest will call for the Government to cancel the prison ... More >>
Auckland Criminologist Attacks Government’s “Megaprison” Announcement
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 4:31 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
University of Auckland criminology lecturer and press spokesperson for People Against Prisons Aotearoa, Emmy Rākete says the Government’s announcement of $1.9 billion for prison construction will do more harm than good. Rākete says the move will only ... More >>
Auckland University Criminologist Slams ‘Racist’ Three Strikes Law
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 1:40 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
“Three Strikes is a dead-end policy proposed by a dead-end government. The Three Strikes law ignores the causes of crime, instead just brutalising people already crushed by the cost of living.” More >>
Leading Justice Campaign Group Calls For End To ‘Tough On Crime’ “Posturing”
Saturday, 8 July 2023, 5:36 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
A leading justice advocacy organisation is launching a campaign today, calling for an end to ‘tough on crime’ “posturing” and advocating for a more “responsible approach”. People Against Prisons Aotearoa, which led a successful ‘Arms Down’ ... More >>
Government Approach To Covid In Prisons Not Enough, Endangers Vulnerable People - Advocacy Groups
Monday, 28 February 2022, 5:25 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) has today sent out a joint letter with JustSpeak and Amnesty International setting out steps to address what the group describes as failures and shortcomings in the Government approach to mitigating ... More >>
Police’s New Tactical Response Model Will “Endanger Communities” And “End Lives” - Community Voices And Advocacy Group
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 7:36 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) set out a series of failings and dangers in the police’s new ‘Tactical Response Model’, in a letter to the police sent today, which contains powerful community voices opposed to an armed approach ... More >>
PAPA Statement On Tactical Response Model
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 5:12 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is concerned about the Police’s announcement of its new Tactical Response Model (TRM). The TRM would see 200 more officers with Armed Offender Squad training. According to Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, these ... More >>
Peaceful Prison Protests Halt Family-destroying Transfers
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 10:33 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoners in Christchurch Men’s Prisons undertook two acts of peaceful protest last month, successfully pausing controversial plans for mass transfers. The transfers, which would have violated a section of the Corrections Act requiring the Department ... More >>
Police Kill 50 New Zealanders In 5 Years
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 12:04 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Police data shows that they have killed 37 people by initiating high-speed car chases and killed a further 13 people by shooting them, say community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa. The data comes as the Police Association renews calls for police ... More >>
Corrections Minister Repeating Broken Promises, Say Justice Advocates
Monday, 22 March 2021, 5:20 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis has issued a directive to senior Corrections staff in the aftermath of the Mihi Bassett torture case. People Against Prisons Aotearoa says the Minister is repeating the same promises he made to Māori in 2019, and subsequently ... More >>
Corrections Minister’s Comments Emerge Supporting Prisoner Uprising
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 12:19 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Comments made in 2015 by Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis have emerged in which the MP supports detained New Zealanders who had seized control of Australia’s Christmas Island prison camp, saying their concerns were legitimate. Speaking to Radio New ... More >>
Corrections Minister Deflecting Torture Criticism Say Prisoner Advocates
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 11:40 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa says it’s confused as to why Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis alleged its newsletter was inciting riots. Responding to the allegations made yesterday during oral question time in Parliament, ... More >>
