Newsletter – April 2012

HL Canterbury still homeless, but HL finds new place
Finally, after a very long time the Howard League in Christchurch is getting new office space (let’s hope it’s earthquake proof). But this development is one of many occurring within the League as we look set to launch a significant new prison based initiative. Look at our [...]

Newsletter – July 2011

The Earthquake and its Aftermath
Just before 1pm on February 22, 2011 I was sitting in the Howard League’s inner city office considering what to have for lunch. Then the earthquake hit. Like most Cantabrians, I had become accustomed to the constant aftershocks since the September quake awoke us to a new reality, but it was [...]

Newsletter 60 – October 2010

The Price of Prisons
On July 2, Finance Minister Bill English noted the increasing size of the Corrections Dept and the rising cost of corrections.
He suggested that Corrections, Police and the Ministry of Justice may need an additional $400m over the next three years, to deal with the prison muster, yet they cannot expect any [...]

Newsletter 59 – June 2010

The shafting of NZPARS
Commonsense suggests that if you grow up in a family in which one or other of your parents spends most of your childhood in prison, you are pretty likely to follow suit. While our Fact Sheet finds that the factors leading to the transfer of criminal behaviour [...]

Newsletter 58 – February 2010

Invisible Children

PILLARS has mounted a 3-year study into the effects of imprisonment on the children of prisoners. Last November it released the first year’s research report – Invisible Children. (Liz Gordon, Networkers; www.pillars.org.nz). The research premise is that the effects on children of the arrest and imprisonment [...]