Position Papers
Submission on Contract Management of Prisons Amendment Bill
Committee Secretariat
Law and Order
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Submission on the Corrections (contract management of prisons) Amendment Bill
Introduction
This submission is from The Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury NZ Incorporated.
Our contact details for correspondence are:
The Howard League for Penal Reform
141 Hereford Street
Christchurch 8011
Email: howardleague@caverock.net.nz
Phone: (03) 377 0313
Fax: (03) 377 0318
We wish to appear before the committee to speak to [...]
Submission on Sentencing Parole Reform Bill
Committee Secretariat
Law and Order
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Submission on the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill
Introduction
This submission is from The Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury NZ Incorporated.
Our contact details for correspondence are:
The Howard League for Penal Reform
141 Hereford Street
Christchurch 8011
Email: howardleague@caverock.net.nz
Phone: (03) 377 0313
Fax: (03) 377 0318
We wish to appear before the committee to speak to our submission [...]
Does Community Notification about Sex Offenders help?
The vigilante driven expulsion of a sex offender from Blackball raises questions about the growing practice of community notification. Is such notification desirable? Does it leave communities safer? Are there better ways of going about this practice? Are there responsibilities associated with the claimed right of a community to be told that a sex offender [...]
Prison Watch – The Case for an Independent Prison Inspectorate
In early February, the Prime Minister indicated that she was open to the idea of an independent Prison Inspectorate. Coming in the wake of the State Services Commission (SSC) report into the Canterbury Prisons’ Emergency Response Unit released in December, this is a significant step forward. The comprehensive SSC report identified systemic failures applicable to [...]
