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Devon Polaschek, Professor of Psychology/Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato

‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve

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Last week’s budget allocated NZ$472 million in new funding to deal with a growing prison population caused by greater use of prison remand and proposals to increase prison sentence lengths.

The new funding comes on top of $78 million provided in the 2024 budget to extend rehabilitation to remand prisoners, enabled by an amendment to the Corrections Act late last year.

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