Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has not been shy about his aim to rapidly reduce the prison population by 30 per cent and it is perhaps the only target this Government is actually going to meet. However, Labour’s ‘Hate-Speech’ law changes might put a spanner in the works, National’
Brooke van Velden ACT Health spokesperson Yesterday I successfully triggered an urgent debate in Parliament about the cyber security breaches at Waikato Hospital. It follows documents from Waikato District Health Board being released onto the dark web after the ransomware attack that crippled five hospitals’ IT systems in May. What’
Sensible Sentencing Trust sst.org.nz The Waikeria Prison riot was in the headlines again last week with cabinet signing off on $1.3 million of compensation to prisoners whose property was damaged in the riot. It was clear that without the Labour government even realising it they demonstrated the
When one of the USA’s worst serial killers and rapists, who terrorised a state for decades, was finally caught, surely no one could object? But they have. Because the killer was caught using publicly available genealogy database technology. Now, not only are private companies refusing to cooperate with police,
David Seymour ACT Leader The Justice Minister has today shown how out of his depth he is on Newshub Nation as he was unable to provide any clarity around his proposed hate speech laws. When interpreting the law, courts often look to speeches from the Minister responsible to see what
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The announcement that prisoners are now going to ‘receive compensation for a crime that’s been committed’ is a slap in the face for the many thousands of victims of crime who struggle to get a cent of reparation from those very
David Seymour ACT leader Compensation for prisoners at Waikeria Prison following a riot is an insult to hardworking Kiwis who pay their taxes. These prisoners are in jail because they hurt people and damaged property. Their victims got no compensation, so why are we paying compensation for them? This is
Labour’s Te Pae Oranga programme is failing to hold offenders to account with 59% of people being sent to the alternative justice panels failing to complete the programme, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Alternative resolutions have a place for low level offending, however the Government also needs
Yesterday Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis appeared before the Justice Select Committee to brief the committee about the 92 per cent increase in assaults against Corrections Officers that has taken place since he became Minister, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Instead of providing answers, the Minister offered excuses
The hit movie Joker was not just great cinema, it was often eerily familiar to those of us of a certain age. The film draws heavily on the milieu of late 70s and early 80s New York, when the pre-Giuliani city was a wasteland of crime and dereliction. Martin
It’s an old cliche: “no jury would convict him/her”. In the case of of Gary Plauché, it seems likely that no jury in his state of Louisiana would have. Born Leon Gary Plauché in 1945, he led a fairly ordinary life: he served in the USAF, rising to
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson Why are Police shutting down streets, stopping Kiwis going about their everyday lives instead of moving an intimidating gang procession along? It says so much about the soft on crime Labour Government that gang members are taking over Central Auckland – facilitated by the Police. The
Did you hear about the racially-motivated mass shooting in the American South, the other day? I mean, you must have. Dylan Roof shot nine black people six years ago, and the media are still yammering about “far right terrorism” at every chance they get. So when a white man
What is Minister of Police Poto Williams going to do about the dangerous and anti-social behaviour of gang funeral processions, given this now appears to be a recurring issue? National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown asks. Police in Auckland have sent out a notification that they are expecting a
It’s funny how the mainstream media’s mind-reading abilities just come and go, when it comes to terrorism. There are times the media are able to divine instantly a terrorist’s motives. Even if that means flatly contradicting even what the terrorist says their motives were. Other times,
