Mini Symposium "Imprisonment in the 21st Century"

Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington

Wednesday 17 March 2010; 5pm

Rahui Katene, Justice spokesperson for the Maori Party

"The smacking debate is becoming confused" said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. He was responding to Family First's media release that research by Marjorie Gunnoe, of Calvin College, Michigan shows that kids smacked before age 6 grow up to be more successful.

"The Department of Corrections decision to employ its own clinical psychologist in Nelson, forcing the Nelson Sex Offenders Programme to close, flies in the face of government's recent announcement about tackling justice sector fragmentation", says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Cr

"The Kakahi community has nothing to fear from the Notorious Chapter of the Mongrel Mob," says Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment.

"The Chief Justice's suggestion that the government use executive amnesty to release prisoners early, could represent a tipping point in New Zealand penal history," said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment.