Maori at both ends of violence statistics 25 May 2021 12:54 PM
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Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says while rising gang violence is putting some people on track to prison, it’s not making wider society unsafe.
Mr Davis has been working to reduce the number in inmates, drawing criticism from opposition parties keen to build more jails.
He says most people inside are there for drugs of crimes of violence, including family and sexual violence, and too many of them are Māori.
That’s why Māori solutions are needed. A lot of Pākehā people are really concerned about the levels of violence but they re not the ones being offended against. It s normally offending against our own so that s a real concern and there have been studies recently - a really small proportion of the population are the people who get offended against and they get offended against regularly. And it is our own being offended against by our own, he told Radio Wa
Māori Pathways at
Christchurch Women’s Prison, Corrections Minister Kelvin
Davis said today.
The Wāhine Māori Pathways are a
series of initiatives designed in partnership with Māori to
build better outcomes for women in Christchurch Women’s
Prison.
“The Wāhine Māori Pathways recognise and
respond to the specific needs of women in the criminal
justice system, and will also improve wellbeing outcomes for
tamariki and whānau alongside the women,” Kelvin Davis
said.
“Our corrections system has largely been
designed and developed to provide for men, however women
have specific needs that require a unique approach and
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Irene and Nikita share how their lives transformed when they embraced their Māori heritage at the launch of a new $10 million Government initiative designed to break the cycle of wāhine reoffending. The Wāhine Māori Pathways programme was designed in partnership with Māori to build better outcomes for women in prison, and putting the focus on the wellbeing of whānau. The initiative would be available to women serving sentences in jail or in the community, with priority for those who identify as Māori or have a connection though their children or whānau.