Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill: Third Reading
Today is the anniversary of the arrests at Bastion Point – 25 May 1978. Back then 222 of us were hauled off to the clink and charged with trespass. Today though, things are different. As we see from the police paranoia in the terrorist raids on Tuhoe a couple of years ago, even simple charges [...]
Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill
When we want to look at prison stats and prison programmes, at programmes that work and programmes that do not, we do not have to look any further than the good ole USA, where dingbat sheriffs think they’re clever marching prisoners around in pink uniforms, and idiots sign laws allowing police to arrest and jail [...]
