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Three Strikes Law Must Be Repealed
Monday, 11 June 2018, 11:14 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Criminal justice experts and community organisers People Against Prisons Aotearoa say stalled efforts to repeal the controversial three strikes law should be resumed. More >>
Prisoner advocates welcome repeal of three strikes law
Friday, 1 June 2018, 3:46 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is pleased to see the repeal of the “three strikes law”. More >>
Disgust at police brutality against 13 year-old
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 1:16 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is appalled by the excessive use of force by police in arresting and restraining a 13-year old boy, who was riding a bike without a helmet. More >>
Prison expansion does not help victims
Friday, 25 May 2018, 2:12 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy organisation, People Against Prisons Aotearoa, hits back at the National Party over its recent statement that plans to cancel the Waikato megaprison disregards victims. More >>
Praise for JustSpeak’s new report ‘The Case Against Prisons’
Friday, 18 May 2018, 3:38 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prison abolitionist organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) supports JustSpeak’s new report ‘The Case Against Prisons’. More >>
Budget pours more money into failed criminal justice system
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:44 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is disappointed by large increases in police and prison spending in the 2018 Budget. More >>
Call For Expanded Cannabis Decriminalisation
Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 9:14 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
The Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill doesn’t go far enough, says criminal justice research group People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA). More >>
Prisoner advocates endorse petition against SST
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 10:15 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocates endorse petition against Sensible Sentencing Trust Prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa slams the Sensible Sentencing Trust, for its founder Garth McVicar’s recent comments congratulating the New Zealand ... More >>
Solitary confinement in Australian youth prison
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 9:16 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
NZ-based prisoner advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa is outraged by the treatment of Māori-Australian teen Jason Rewiti. Rewiti has been held in solitary confinement in an Australian youth prison for more than 300 days. According to his ... More >>
Prisoner Advocates To Hold Prison Suicide Vigils Nationwide
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 8:59 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa will be holding candlelight vigils today, in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin to memorialise suicide deaths in prisons. The vigils come in the wake of 18 year-old Kaine Morell’s recent ... More >>
Prisoner Advocates To Mourn Rising Prison Suicide
Saturday, 3 March 2018, 1:35 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa will be holding candlelight vigils on Thursday 8th March in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin to memorialise suicide deaths in prisons. The vigils come in the wake of 18 year-old ... More >>
Prisoner attempts suicide after solitary confinement
Friday, 8 December 2017, 8:56 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Spring Hill Correctional Facility plans to transfer a suicidal prisoner from Hamilton to Wellington, says prisoner advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa. The move would place him more than 7 hours away from his family. More >>
Solitary confinement brought to Auckland streets
Monday, 27 November 2017, 8:57 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa will be installing a mock prison cell outside Auckland’s Aotea Square this Tuesday 28th November. The cell is going up to demonstrate the conditions of solitary confinement in New Zealand’s ... More >>
Moana Jackson at campaign against solitary confinement
Saturday, 14 October 2017, 11:38 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prison abolitionist organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is launching its campaign against solitary confinement today in Auckland. The group’s aim is to have all forms of solitary confinement in prisons banned. More >>
Moana Jackson to speak out against solitary confinement
Thursday, 12 October 2017, 8:26 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prison abolitionist organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is launching its campaign against solitary confinement this Saturday in Auckland. The group’s aim is to have all forms of solitary confinement in prisons banned. More >>
People Against Prisons to blockade weapons conference
Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 8:37 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Members from People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) will join Peace Action today at the Wellington Westpac Stadium to protest the Defense, Industry & National Security Forum. More >>
PAPA protesters discharged without conviction
Thursday, 28 September 2017, 5:50 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Three organisers from the prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) have been discharged without conviction today at the Hamilton District Court. More >>
New Zealand Police Authorised to Wiretap Protest Group PAPA
Thursday, 28 September 2017, 10:52 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
In a statement of evidence provided to People Against Prisons Aotearoa’s lawyer, New Zealand Police appears to have wiretapped the phones of three PAPA organisers. More >>
Protest demanding prisoners’ right to vote held today
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 3:23 pm | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
The prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) protested today for the right of prisoners to vote. The picket was held outside Nikki Kaye’s office in Auckland Central. More >>
Protest demanding prisoners’ right to vote today
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 9:42 am | People Against Prisons Aotearoa
The prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) will be protesting for the right for prisoners to vote. The picket will be held today outside Nikki Kaye’s office in Auckland Central. More >>
