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Prison Fellowship supports Prison Ombudsman
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 12:16 am | Prison Fellowship
Kim Workman, National Director of Prison Fellowship, and Project Leader for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project, fully supports the Governments agreement with the Green Party to establish an Ombudsman for Prisons. The establishment of an Ombudsman for ... More >>
Fellowship welcomes Victims Rights Conference
Friday, 12 October 2007, 5:07 pm | Prison Fellowship
“The announcement by the Sensible Sentencing Trust that it plans to hold a Conference on Victims Rights in Wellington next year is great news”. That is the response of Kim Workman, Project Leader for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project, and ... More >>
Prison Fellowship takes exception to MP's comments
Friday, 31 August 2007, 10:22 am | Prison Fellowship
Chester Borrows public comments about Prison Fellowship raises questions about our integrity and independence, said Prison Fellowships National Director, Kim Workman. He may also have unwittingly pitted two justice reform agencies against each other, ... More >>
Prisoners Eager to Work – but not in chains
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 1:36 pm | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship’s experience is that prisoners are eager to work – and they don’t need to be put in chains to do it. The idea that prisoners enjoy being chained during work is a nonsense – what would they do if they had a choice?” He was ... More >>
Address Child Abuse Issues from Every Angle
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 3:32 pm | Prison Fellowship
“We must take every opportunity we can to address issues of child abuse, from as many different angles as possible. Prison Fellowship volunteers and staff are strategically positioned to deal with child abuse issues through the trust we builds with prisoners ... More >>
Fellowship Supports Coordinated Approach to Abuse
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 1:33 pm | Prison Fellowship
“It is clear from the feedback I am getting, that there is a community-led revolt in the air” That is the view of Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship, and Project Leader for the “Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project”. He was ... More >>
Tight Discipline a Feature of Faith Based Unit
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 11:50 am | Prison Fellowship
Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship, commenting on the Coroners Report into the death of Rex Hopper, rejects any suggestion that discipline in the unit is slack. More >>
More Volunteers In Prison Means Less Corruption
Sunday, 17 June 2007, 7:58 pm | Prison Fellowship
The international experience is that where there is a high level of volunteering within prisons, there is a low level of corruption. Volunteers teach music skills, lead a choir, take art classes, mentor prisoners due to be released, and provide ... More >>
Role of faith in Transforming Offenders
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:19 am | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship New Zealand National Director, Kim Workman, is of the view that it is time to re-visit the role of faith in transforming prisoners. Speaking at the Fellowship’s National Conference, he referred to the current difficulties with ... More >>
New Approach to Prisoner Reintegration Urged
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:18 am | Prison Fellowship
The National Director of Prison Fellowship New Zealand, Kim Workman considers that the issue of prisoner reintegration is more urgent than most people realise, and that a new and inclusive approach is called for. More >>
Prison Fellowship gives Otago Prison Thumbs Up
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 9:44 am | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship National Director Kim Workman is supportive of the approach that Jack Harrison, Manager of the new Otago Corrections Facility, is on the right track. More >>
International Authority on Reintegration visits NZ
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 12:46 am | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship is sponsoring a visit by Dr Shadd Maruna, an international authority on prisoner reintegration. “Dr Maruna is regarded as an outstanding scholar and criminologist” said Prison Fellowship National Director, Kim Workman. More >>
Prison Fellowship Welcomes Consultation
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 9:57 am | Prison Fellowship
The decision of Child, Youth and Family to issue a public consultation document which includes the question of lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 14 to 12, is welcomed by Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship. More >>
Prisoner-Partner Sexual Relations Not a Human Righ
Monday, 5 March 2007, 4:19 pm | Prison Fellowship
Prisoner-Partner Sexual Relations Not a Human Right “Civil rights advocates who promote prisoner-partner sexual relations as a human right, will get little public sympathy or support.” That is the view of National Director, Prison Fellowship ... More >>
Stamp out Prison Corruption
Sunday, 4 March 2007, 1:30 pm | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship today called on the media and politicians to support the Chief Executive of Corrections, Barry Matthews, and prison staff who were committed to exposing corruption. More >>
Prison Volunteers not a Bunch of Bible Bashers
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:33 am | Prison Fellowship
One of the myths we need to debunk, is that prison volunteers are a bunch of bible bashers, said Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship New Zealand, a national Christian ministry. He was acknowledging the work of over 3000 approved prison volunteers, ... More >>
Prisoners' children need community support
Monday, 20 November 2006, 5:31 pm | Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship stretched to meet the needs of prisoner’s children at Christmas The huge blowout in the prison population, has meant that Prison Fellowship will be challenged this year to buy enough presents for the Angel Tree program. More >>
New Zealand Public Not as Punitive as Supposed
Friday, 27 October 2006, 9:39 am | Prison Fellowship
“The New Zealand public may not be as punitive as supposed”, said Kim Workman, Project Manager, for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment project, speaking at the parliamentary launch of the project by the Minister of Justice, the Hon Mark Burton ... More >>
Community Consultation Key to Successful Reform
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 9:37 am | Prison Fellowship
The Salvation Army and Prison Fellowship today cautioned that the successful implementation of the Government's new justice reform package, will depend upon the extent to which the public understand and support the changes. More >>
Multi-Party Accord on Justice Reform Urged
Monday, 15 May 2006, 9:07 am | Prison Fellowship
The representatives of the five political parties who took part in a panel discussion on the possibility of a multi-party accord, were urged by the 280 participants at a Law and Order Conference to continue the discussion. More >>
