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Time For Rational Discussion About Prisons
Friday, 4 January 2008, 6:37 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
"It's time for the New Zealand public to be guided by political and public leaders through a rational debate about the value of prisons and imprisonment". That's the view of Kim Workman, Project Leader for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment debate. More >>
Community groups support Inquiry
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 1:36 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Influential community leaders support the Ombudsmans call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice Sector. More >>
Report on Victims Rights Welcomed
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 10:13 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The recommendations of the Justice and Electoral Select Committee Report on Victims Rights, could set the stage for a judicial system which recognises the rights of victims, through the judicial process, and fairly compensates victims for harm caused. More >>
Prison Fellowship Seeks Rational Debate on Prisons
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 9:32 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“It’s time Sensible Sentencing and Rethinking Crime and Punishment got together and had an informed discussion about what really works in prisons. We need to get rationale - there are some things we can agree on – let’s find out what they ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing Model Prison in Torture Doco
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 12:01 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Joe Arpaios Tent City prison in Arizona was a main feature of Wednesday nights TV One documentary Torture: Americas Brutal Prisons. The Sensible Sentencing Trust announced last week that it would be visiting the prison with a televison team, to look at ... More >>
Community Sentencing Options Need Further Work
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 5:33 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
The Community Sentencing Options announced by government lack imagination, and an understanding of the relationship that needs to exist between offenders and the community in order to reduce offending. More >>
Before you put Humpty back up, Check the Wall
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 9:24 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
A systems review of Corrections and the Justice system doesn't go far enough. That is the view of Kim Workman, Project Leader, Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project. He was commenting on the governments announcement that the existing split between ... More >>
Victims Central to Youth Justice System
Friday, 2 March 2007, 10:56 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Kim Workman, Project Leader for the Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project, disputes Garth McVicars view that the family group conferencing and restorative justice system were not working. Prison Fellowship and the Salvation Army support the Youth Court ... More >>
Reform Group Opposes Parole Abolition
Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 12:30 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“Abolishing parole is ‘silver bullet’ solution that will create more problems than it solves”, said Kim Workman, Project Leader, for the “Rethinking Crime and Punishment” project. If the government abolished parole, the impact would be ... More >>
