Section 27 cultural reports value for money waateanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from waateanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ditches bid to reduce prison population by 30 per cent abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Greens’ justice spokeswoman Tamatha Paul says defunding cultural reports will deprive the justice system of valuable information into the drivers of crime..
The Herald reports: There is no evidence cultural reports reduce reoffending and cutting funding for them will save money, the Justice Minister says. The Government confirmed Wednesday that it was scrapping the target to reduce prison populations and would no longer fund the cultural reports used in sentencing. Asked whether the reports might actually save